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...Florida federal district court rules that nude pinups in the workplace can create an atmosphere that constitutes sexual harassment; a California federal appeals court rules that a hostile environment should be evaluated from the standpoint not of a "reasonable person" but of a "reasonable woman...
...manager, Cash had never heard of him or the bands whose records he had produced, except the Red Hot Chili Peppers. The lack of familiarity was somewhat mutual. Rubin admits that he doesn't listen to much country music but says he was interested in Cash from a "mythological" standpoint. "I don't see him as a country act," Rubin says. "I would say he embodies rock 'n' roll. He's an outlaw figure, and that is the essence of what rock 'n' roll is." When he made his pitch, Rubin was persuasive. "He immediately made me understand and believe...
...There is a technology void out there," Kimsays. "On one end, you have Time and Newsweek,which aim toward a general audience. thesemagazines often don't go into any depth. On theother end, you have computer-oriented magazinesthat take the opposite standpoint...
Still Kelly feels there is no justification for the ideological standpoint espoused by some who attend. And yet, one can hardly fault someone for resenting a male-dominated society when it seems that men convicted of rape rarely come to justice while a woman who is violated must feel shame and fear the rest of her life...
...From a University standpoint, we're alwaysinterested in seeing more efforts made andattentions paid to the problem of producingminority professors," Hoyte said. "But on aworking level things are going to go bydepartmental determinations...