Word: unfairly
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...faculty and exempt workers, they are forcing these cuts down their throats. It's really unfair," says the Adams House cook. "They're telling the faculty not to organize. They're taking advantage of them...
...those of you who are visitors to Cambridge, or for those students who have been hibernating, a quick summary is in order. the Gabay administration, which took office squeaky-clean, has gone through a veritable Cuisinart of political scandal this year. The gaffes have included unheeded student referenda, unfair elections, and faulty attendance-taking. Through it all, the council has handled itself with the grace of a two-legged s(tool...
...most recent issues Jewett has dealt with has been the turmoil in Dunster House, Where the master was charged with unfair hiring practices and with intimidating those in the House who opposed him. as dean of the college, the matter was investigated, but never issue a promised report...
...however, "experience rating" has become more popular. It enables insurance companies to "cream skim" low-risk groups and offer them modest premiums, then "cherry pick" the people within that group who pose high health risks and either raise their policy costs or deny them coverage. The result is so unfair that 40 states have restricted or prohibited the practice. "What you end up with," says Henry Bachofer, chief lobbyist for the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, "is that people with very high risk can't afford their premiums...
Cecil Bykerk, Mutual of Omaha's chief actuary, regards the outcome as inherently unfair. "A younger person might be paying twice or more, as a percentage of income, as a mature person," he says. Salvatore Curiale, New York State's superintendent of insurance, counters that the new scheme is "an unqualified success...