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...Kansas. Said he of the Justice Department's treatment of Billy: "You look at it one way and it looks very bad, and you look at it another way, and there's nothing much [wrong]." Some Senators clearly were beginning to believe that the probe was much ado about nothing...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Civiletti for the Defense | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

...surface, it seemed simple--the Harvard University Employees Representative Association (representing custodians and guards), the Maintenance Trade Council (electricians, carpenters and painters), the Harvard University Police Association, and Local 26 of the Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Union (dining hall employees) all swallowed the 10-9-8 with little ado...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: CONTRACTS | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

...relatively trouble-free contract negotiations this year derived from a willingness on the part of Harvard's unions to accept identical 10-9-8 offers with little ado, indicating that the unions considered the 10-9-8 the best they could hope for. Union leaders and Powers alike concede that all the unions had reservations about agreeing to a three-year deal in an uncertain economic climate. "I think the unions realized that a non-profit institution such as Harvard has a very difficult time reacting to severe inflation. We cannot easily pass the cost increases along...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: The University's Clean Sweep | 6/5/1980 | See Source »

Similar opinions are held by some of the patrons of Mat's Wine-ing Wench Pub, a friendly saloon with a pool table, pinball machines and a clientele that consists almost entirely of ironworkers employed at T.M.I. "Much ado about nothing," said Charles Hummel, a foreman, as he discussed people's worries about radiation. "The situation was never as bad as the press claimed it was," said a tall, mustachioed man whose T shirt bore an indelicate reference to Iran. "Nobody was killed. Nobody was even hurt...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Energy: Legacy off Three Mile Island | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

...Much ado about The Brethren-and another "inside"book...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Sharp Blows at the High Bench | 3/10/1980 | See Source »

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