Word: terming
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...force), more Americans than ever are flirting, dating and propositioning at work. Actually, only a tiny proportion of office come-ons result in harassment complaints; of those that do, just 9% end up in formal proceedings, whereas 38% of relationships that start on the job survive into the long term. The huge surge in sexual-harassment cases that took place in the early '90s has slowed. Such cases are still being filed at the rate of 15,500 a year--some 60 new cases every working day--compared with 6,900 in 1991, but the number hasn't changed much...
...third case before the court, arguably the most important of this term, was brought by a marketing employee at Burlington Industries. Kimberly Ellerth says her boss's boss made constant sexual remarks to her. He allegedly rubbed her knee and told her that her legs were nice but her breasts were too little. She says he once told her, "You know, Kim, I could make your job very hard or very easy at Burlington." Ellerth interpreted this to mean that she would have to have sex with the executive, a vice president, in order to get ahead. But in fact...
...country's leader. In this one, economic ruin threatens to topple him. Yet as the rupiah plunges into worthlessness, the nation's debts go unpaid, the International Monetary Fund suspends emergency aid, and students riot in universities, he blithely has himself reappointed to his seventh five-year term as President...
...Harper's Bazaar editor in chief LIZ TILBERIS claims that Diana gave off New Agey emanations. In her autobiography No Time to Die, excerpted in Britain's Daily Mail, Tilberis describes Diana's healing powers, which both women referred to as a "white light." Diana used the term metaphorically, but Tilberis maintains that a call from the princess boosted her platelet count while she was undergoing chemotherapy to cure her ovarian cancer. "I believe the princess was single-handedly responsible for getting me home to my family," Tilberis writes. "And no one will ever convince me otherwise...
...various production companies ranging from DreamWorks to Warner Bros. to Fox to Paramount. But Comedy Central isn't about to let them go. The network is renegotiating their contract upwards, and will make the change retroactive to South Park's debut. It is also seeking a long-term commitment from the pair...