Word: weightness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...president of American's flight-attendants union, watched with satisfaction as the airline was forced to lift the limits that had cost her a job. After lawsuits by the union and the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, American agreed to revise its standards. Under the settlement, the company's 1959 weight requirements will be relaxed, and employees will be able to weigh more as they age. Violators will be required to lose just 2 lbs. a month rather than 1 1/2 lbs. a week. If they fail, they will be given jobs within the company rather than fired...
...over weight discrimination in the workplace is far from over, however. Studies indicate that fat bias cuts a wide swath through U.S. industry, from executives to waitresses. And in most cases, no laws are broken. The problem is especially acute in service industries, where employees meet the public. According to Esther Rothblum, a psychology professor at the University of Vermont, "If two people, one fat and one thin, walk into a company with the same qualifications, the heavier one will get a more negative reception...
...police officers, are monitored because their jobs demand physical fitness. Many employers contend that overweight workers drive up medical costs. Says U-Haul International spokesperson Melora Felts Foley: "The people who are responsible for the majority of skyrocketing health costs are those who use tobacco and those who have weight problems." But some health experts disagree. Says Dr. Albert Stunkard, an obesity specialist at the University of Pennsylvania: "The extent to which overweight people have difficulty in obtaining work goes far beyond what can be justified by medical data and must be due to discrimination." American's new standards...
...whose Apollo (Jeff Branion) traverses the stage drinking a Pepsi and belching, has conceived his Red Eye for a new generation. While Tan's interpretation is intelligent and provocative, this production collapses under the weight of its concept...
House life is fine. There are nice people--not too cliquey, not too preppie, not too artsy, not too sportsy, a little nerdy. There's a grill. There are video games. There's a weight room. There are dances. There's foosball. There are language tables. There's a beer-tasting seminar. Nothing wrong with that. But nothing to write home about, either...