Word: thats
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According to the ruling, Silber told one female professor that a person with her credentials would do well "and anyway... your husband is a parachute, so why are you worried?"
Campbell wrote that "[Silber's comments reflected a patronizing attitude toward women."
"Boston University does not discriminate against anyone," Cashman said in a prepared statement. "This case involves issues of academic freedom. We believe that it is wrong for courts to substitute their opinions or the opinions of the jury for the scholarly judgment of the university in determining who shall teach...
Earlier this year, Harvard won a similar suit filed by former Associate Professor Barbara Bund Jackson '66, who charged that she was denied tenure at the Business School because she is a woman.
State Rep. Suzanne M. Bump (D-Braintree) said that Silber had called her and asked her opinion of his chances for winning the Democratic primary. Bump, a supporter of former Attorney General Francis X. Belotti, said she was not impressed by Silber's style, which she described as "philosophically rigid...