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...some recruiting stations, the men ignored the rule that only female recruiters should weigh and measure female applicants. A female prospect described how a male recruiter "placed his hands on my middle buttocks and traced around in a semicircle. A feeling of uncomfort came over me." She said that he told her, "Redheads really turn me on," and that later, as she filled out some forms, he started rubbing her back, feeling her leg and kissing her. "I pushed myself away," she told the investigator, "and said, 'I think you need to stop...
Gore's courtship of labor has already backfired on his boss. Last week G.O.P. Senators threw up new roadblocks to the nomination of Alexis Herman as Labor Secretary to punish the Administration for saying it would weigh the friendliness of companies toward unions in awarding federal contracts. It was Gore who made the case for this approach in a speech last Monday to the AFL-CIO's building and construction unions. There was little new in his announcement, but it was strident enough to bring a standing ovation from the unionists and a fit of pique from the Republicans...
...This was the underlying question that launched the quest for negritude: What have we done to weigh so little on their scale?" Soyinka said...
...realize that it really doesn't matter in terms of how much easier it will be for me to land a job after I graduate. I urge you to do the same. Here's some advice from a fellow student in the same predicament: look at all sides and weigh your choices before quickly deciding to leave the books behind at Harvard this summer for a hot and humid work week wearing a suit while crunching numbers...
...straight day, Palestinians and Israeli police traded rocks and fire-bombs for tear gas and rubber bullets in Hebron. Benjamin Netanyahu maintains that Yasser Arafat unleashes militants at will, using violence as a bargaining chip. He and insisted Friday on a decisive crackdown. That seems unlikely. "Arafat has to weigh whether a crackdown is worth the political price he will pay with the right," notes McGeary. "He needs to receive something in return. And at the moment, he's not getting anything." Arafat wants Ross to convince Netanyahu to stop the controversial Har Homa housing project in Jerusalem. Netanyahu, though...