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...inevitable with all visionaries, however, the baseball players' union has lost its Florence Nightingale-like image. Reluctance to adopt a salary cap (which the more "progressive" NBA adopted long ago), exorbitant salaries (an average of over $1 million in 1993), and a lack of team continuity are but a few of the evils seemingly brought about by the players' union hard-line stance...
...making them managers of public and community relations, human resources and, evidently without an eye to the irony, equal employment opportunity." The only women or minorities who seem to make it past the 'glass ceiling' into the 5 percent of non-white-male senior executive level are those who adopt the "chemistry, relationships and collaborations" (and golf handicaps) of the white male. As one CEO put it, "When we find minorities and women who think like we do, we snatch them...
...Education sub-committee of the Commission recommended that the Cambridge school system adopt a policy statement affirming that the arts are central to the education of every student...
...surprisingly, the proposal for popular elections enjoys the support of a substantial portion of the student body. In a referendum last May, 68 percent of voting students supported popular election of major council executives. We urge council members to listen to their constituents and adopt a system of popular elections...
...married couple about finances, communication and family planning-a more intensive form of preparation is coming into practice not only among Catholics but also among churchgoers of all denominations across America. Last November clergy in the Louisville, Kentucky, area became the 26th religious coalition in the U.S. to adopt standard premarital procedures that, in the words of the Kentuckiania Marriage Task Force, express "the seriousness with which we view marriage and the preparation we are convinced is vital." Says Michael McManus, author of the 1993 Marriage Savers and a national leader of this particular bandwagon: "We're preventing bad marriages...