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...were convinced that a union was not the answer. NLRB certification of HUCTW has been a difficult pill to swallow but, despite this disappointment, many of the "No" voters have expressed a willingness to become involved in the process of creating a strong and worthwhile union, one which will accomplish good things for all who are to be represented...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Responsive? | 12/8/1988 | See Source »

...criticism of the motives for buyouts. Richard Thevenet, vice president of Stern Stewart & Co., a Manhattan- based management efficiency consultant, put it bluntly: "Managers have an incentive to underperform before a buyout. Records of dramatic turnarounds after an LBO raise a troubling question. Why were these managers unable to accomplish these feats before the LBO? Shareholders bear all the costs, but not the rewards of the turnaround...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Where's the Limit? Ross Johnson and the RJR Nabisco Takeover Battle | 12/5/1988 | See Source »

...session moves to Geneva, the world body's European headquarters, it would be the first time the assembly has done so in protest of an action by the host country. Arab diplomats say they have the necessary majority to accomplish...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: U.N. Condemns Denial of Arafat Visa | 12/1/1988 | See Source »

...year he surged. He wanted to accomplish everything. He was having a good time, and he loved it," said Matthew F. Drummy '89, who roomed with Corwin last year. "He had an awareness that he might not be around for that much longer, and he wanted to live his life to thefullest...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Currier House Graduate Dies; Remembered for Enthusiasm | 11/29/1988 | See Source »

...could be more specious than Bush's desperate claims in the waning days of the campaign, "If I win, it will be a mainstream mandate -- that's what this election is all about." A mandate represents a covenant between the candidate and his constituency about what he plans to accomplish. But almost all the causes Bush embraced were both negative and irrelevant to the White House; it would be a bizarre ritual, to say the least, if a President Bush solemnly recited the Pledge of Allegiance each time he stepped into the Oval Office. Dukakis' presidential agenda was almost...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why It Was So Sour | 11/14/1988 | See Source »

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