Continuing Sagas.CONTINUING SAGAS: The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. Equal Employment Commission has determined that Montreal-based Cirque Du Soleil Cirque du Soleil (French for "Circus of the Sun") is an entertainment empire based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada and founded in Baie-Saint-Paul in 1984 by two former street performers, Guy Laliberté and Daniel Gauthier. likely discriminated against Mathew Cusick when it fired the 32-year-old gymnast from a job in Las Vegas in April 2003 (See "Precaution or Prejudice?," Dance Matters, Dance Magazine, November 2003, page 17). Cusick, who is HIV-positive, had appealed the firing; Cirque du Soleil has offered to rehire Re`hire´ v. t. 1. To hire again. him. The San Francisco Human Rights Commission is conducting a separate investigation into whether the Canadian troupe violated city codes prohibiting job discrimination based on HIV HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus), either of two closely related retroviruses that invade T-helper lymphocytes and are responsible for AIDS. There are two types of HIV: HIV-1 and HIV-2. HIV-1 is responsible for the vast majority of AIDS in the United States. status. |
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