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...workplace violence, I know that managers and supervisors set the tone in the workplace. If they are arrogant, dismissive and intimidating, then one shouldn't be surprised if the employees behave likewise with one another. The result is reduced morale, high turnover, low productivity and, sometimes, threatening or violent behavior. After all, if employees feel they have lost their dignity, they may also feel they have nothing left to lose. If only managers could lead by the Golden Rule, the workplace would be a much better and safer place to be. Richard Sem President, Sem Security Management Trevor, Wisconsin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters | 4/10/2006 | See Source »

...Victor Akunov 22, student in foreign languages, Moscow State Pedagogical University The French students speak for me-but they do so in the wrong voice and the wrong way. I abhor their violence. I do not believe that street fighting leads anywhere. I support non-violent protests. [At the same time]I have no confidence whatsoever about getting good, stable employment. It is next to impossible in this country to find a decent job that matches one's professional skills, offers a decent salary and stability, and respects one's social and human rights. I have a friend working...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Moment of Youth | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

...area a rural tinge. Most people live in single-family houses with yards and fences. Not many of them are very well off, but there's little acute poverty, as a gaggle of automotive and other factories has given the town a steady supply of well-paying jobs. Violent crime is rare, and the town is pervaded by a throwback decency. People wave at one another from their cars on Budd Street. They chitchat in the aisles of Mickey's T-Mart grocery store...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Dropout Nation | 4/9/2006 | See Source »

Upon arrival, the officers issued verbal commands to Duque to stop his behavior. Duque did not respond, initiating a struggle that turned violent. He admitted at the time that he was under the influence of drugs...

Author: By Marianne F. Kaletzky, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Second Sophomore in Drug Case Arraigned | 4/6/2006 | See Source »

...Like New Orleans, Broadmoor’s population was 68 percent African American before the storm, and it suffered from the geographical segregation that had grown since the violent integration of public schools four decades ago. Broadmoor is a representative sliver of the Crescent City...

Author: By April H.N. Yee, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: KSG Team Brings DC Savvy to Rebuilding | 4/4/2006 | See Source »

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