Word: younger
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...blunt social climber. These two roles are double-cast to make the many flashbacks more vivid and to allow for an evocative reunion number, choreographed by Graciela Daniele, in which the two elders dance simultaneously in the present, in the past and, reaching across time, with their own younger selves...
From this perspective, women have a lot to lose if they press the issue of sexual harassment too far. Particularly in white-collar settings, younger workers rely on mentors to help them learn the ropes and advance their careers. If a boss is afraid that his interest in a protege's success will be misconstrued, the safer path is to avoid mentor relationships. "While it is perfectly fine -- and normal -- for a mentor to say to a man, 'Let's have a drink, or play golf, and talk about that promotion,' it's harder for a mentor to do that...
...result of his new position, the biochemist has had to place many of his younger grad students into other programs...
...according to Bigelow, the accumulation of contacts. "What's been achieved for women," she says, "is access." As the Hollywood cliche goes, it's a relationship business, and all directors, male and female, need what Silver calls godfathers, studio executives who are sympathetic to their work. "Younger studio executives are more responsive to women. They have girlfriends, sisters, wives who work, and they are simply better attuned to the problems of working women, which includes the problems of women directors...
Fortunately, Coupland leaves the reader with a few glimmers of hope. Characterized by Andy's younger brother, the next generation (Coupland calls them Global Teens) seem much more comfortable in our world of shopping malls...