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Have you seen the ubiquitous TV commercial for the hotel chain where, the ad suggests, every employee is prepared to give a guest detailed strategic advice and encouragement for a forthcoming business meeting? Unlike a more traditional advertising claim--that, say, an angel flies out of a can of cleanser to banish grime with her magic wand--this hotel's claim is not inherently or obviously metaphorical. Yet it's clearly not true--a point that probably didn't even occur to the producers of the ad or 99% of its viewers. The deception is not on purpose...
While the College ad board has its critics and, according to Lewis, is constantly considering ways to improve, perhaps it is the sheer number of cases that makes change happen slowly, if at all. After all, administering discipline for more than 6,000 students is a weighty and daunting task...
Lewis describes the ad board and its current system, saying, "No system is perfect, and we are constantly making small adjustments in the way things are done. But given the volume of what the Board does, the process is both effective and efficient...
...report--released by the Ad Hoc Committee on Employment Policies after 13 months of research--recommended that the University enlarge the scope of worker benefits, including health insurance...
Although the Ad-Hoc Committee's report addressed the need for increased benefits, it concluded that a higher minimum wage would be impractical...