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However, the plan faces opposition. Some Republicans, concerned for states' rights, have objected to the plan's coercive enforcement provisions, under which states whose legislatures do not adopt the plan could lose some 50 to 90 percent of their convention delegates. The Democratic Party, on the other hand, has expressed only tepid interest in the plan and is giving greater consideration to a geographically-based rather than population-based system. We urge both parties to reconsider. As the establishments of each party have an interest in preserving the status quo, only bipartisan support can push the Delaware Plan into effect...
...school system's 217,000 students to ditch their logo tees and up-to-the-minute fashion statements in favor of school-mandated shirts, skirts and pants (to be decided by each principal). In doing so, the city became the largest school district in the nation to adopt such a policy, which educators believe helps focus kids' attentions away from their appearance and toward their studies. Such standards also aim to reduce economic distinctions and to suppress the cruelty of school cliques...
Despite the initial positive reaction of some members, the Progressive Student Labor Movement (PSLM)--the organization responsible for the living wage campaign--met last night and decided to adopt a hard-line response to the report released by the Ad Hoc Committee on Employment Policies on Wednesday...
...strong inclination to recommend that the University adopt the suggested expansion of benefits for each category of workers, and the guidelines for contracting with outside companies for services," Rudenstine announced...
...though they may disagree on the best method to persuade the University to adopt a living wage, councillors agree Harvard's adoption of such a wage has taken far too long...