Word: unwritten
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...most other sectors of society, a double-paned, safety-reinforced glass ceiling exists for women on the Undergraduate Council. Women on the council are simply not expected to behave in the fashion the men do, and when they deviate from this unwritten rule, their gender is used as a weapon of punishment...
...Dean Young is truly one of the old stock academics who stay in the same place their entire lifetime," she said. "In a place with an unwritten culture such as Harvard, he knows the inner workings of the institution...
...Councillor Sullivan insists that there is no rule--written or unwritten--that the position of mayor must rotate...
...Drinking is sort of the unwritten rule," she adds. "You want them to have a good time and if they get drunk, so much the better...
...case was originally settled informally last year, after Greene agreed to stop contacting the women. Then-Vice Admiral Ronald Zlatoper, as chief of Navy personnel, approved the deal, which, according to Felix, included an unwritten agreement that Greene would not be promoted. But in March, Felix learned that a promotion board--headed by Zlatoper--had recommended that Greene be made a rear admiral. Feeling the Navy had failed to keep its end of the bargain, she began formal proceedings against her ex-boss. The Navy proposed settling the case with a private punishment--perhaps a permanent written reprimand in Greene...