Word: suit
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...want to grab some exercise between meetings. There's one option that lets you work out without working up a lather. Bluetrail, a 1.6-km-long exercise path starting in Bürkliplatz in the Swiss city's business district, was designed to get everyone moving, even men in suits. The trail's blue panels display gentle Tai Chi and qigong-like exercises. Communications agency owner David Güggenbuhl, who worked with Chinese doctors to develop Bluetrail, says, "One requirement was that these exercises could be done in a suit and tie without looking ridiculous." Certainly, nobody snickers when...
Goodwin’s suit against the University ended in April when a six-member federal jury deliberated for less than four hours before ruling that the University did not illegally discriminate against her in passing her over for promotions...
Despite Immelt's pledge that it's a new green day at GE, it would be a mistake to think the company has quit protecting its less eco-friendly interests. GE has a history of opposing environmental regulations that don't suit the firm. In 2000, superstar lawyer Laurence Tribe asked the U.S. Supreme Court, on GE's behalf, to throw out EPA standards for smog and soot (the court declined). In 2003, GE was part of an industry coalition that lobbied for revised EPA regulations allowing utilities and refineries to modernize their oldest and dirtiest facilities, in some cases...
...mowing his lawn while wearing a suit...
...pushed the university to sell its $4.4 million stake in Petro- China, which has oil contracts in Sudan, and Stanford said it would divest its holdings in four energy firms that operate there. Dartmouth and the University of California are among the schools that have said they might follow suit...