The National Restaurant Association gave $35,000 a years salary in severance pay to a female staff member in the late 1990s after an encounter with Herman Cain, its chief executive at the time, made her uncomfortable working there, three people with direct knowledge of the payment said on Tuesday.
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So what.
That happens EVERY DAY in the business world (in the civil service workplace, too).
It means NOTHING in terms of Mr. Cain’s conduct or character.
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