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...action with respect to Asian Americans. Asians were not allowed to benefit from Harvard's affirmative action programs until Third World students forced their recognition as a minority group. The support of other Third World groups in this effort represented a consolidation of unity and the surmounting of the age-old tactic of "divide and conquer," while highlighting the need for a greater centralization of Third World activities...
...Corporate Democracy bill is to call attention to the abuses of corporate power and the means available to put an end to them; but the implications of "free" enterprise are as deeply rooted as the corporations themselves. Although the effects of the Corporate Democracy Act are sorely needed, the age-old corporate mentality sadly prevails. As one businessman said recently, "How can you advocate morality over success...
...Age-Old Attitudes...
...issue is nothing so mundane as money but rather the future of the free-agent system that has evolved since 1975, when baseball's age-old reserve clause was struck down. Under the court ruling, players could become free agents whenever they played out their options, and the teams they left were not entitled to compensation from the team they moved to. The next year, the players agreed to soften the blow to the owners: they signed a contract that called for a minimum of six years with a team before ballplayers could declare themselves free agents, and each...
Modern farm-belt agriculture, however, has brought with it a new manifestation of an age-old problem -soil erosion. Inadequate conservation measures combined with very heavy planting have led to excessive runoffs of soil into rivers and streams. In such Plains states as Nebraska and Kansas, where often only scattered trees break the wind, some farmers watch helplessly as their most valuable asset blows away. The Agriculture Department considers the loss of five tons of soil an acre annually to be excessive; below that, the land can renew itself fairly well. Yet Illinois farms are eroding at an average...