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...more than 100 angry postal employees converged on City Hall last night, the City Council called on the U.S. government to appoint a congressional commission to investigate widespread delivery problems in the Cambridge mail system...

Author: By Erica L. Werner, | Title: Workers Slam Post Office Reorganization | 11/27/1990 | See Source »

...everyone buys this theory. Some complain that debt is more of a distraction than a disciplinarian. Managers can become so absorbed with cutting costs and staying one step ahead of creditors that they often neglect day-to-day operations. Some companies, including Harcourt, appoint executives whose sole duty is to manage debt. Says Peter Jovanovich: "The Superman approach doesn't work. If the CEO tries to do it all, deal with the bankers and run the business, he'll probably do it all badly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Carry That Weight | 11/19/1990 | See Source »

Take the explosive controversy over Harvard's Afro-American Studies department, which, because of faculty departures, has been left with only one tenured professor. During a meeting with students in October (that Bok arranged), the administration rejected the unrealistic demands of Afro-Am concentrators that the University appoint six faculty by February...

Author: By Mark J. Sneider, | Title: One Vote Against Democracy | 11/13/1990 | See Source »

...upper house, and they grabbed a record number of seats. Prime Minister Sousuke Uno resigned in disgrace after a former geisha he had patronized broke her profession's code of silence to denounce him as too small-minded a man to lead the country. His successor rushed to appoint two women to his Cabinet. The press seized upon the opportunity to rave about the dawning of Onna no Jidai (the Era of Women...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Who Needs Equality? | 11/8/1990 | See Source »

...letter, the former dean also charged that there was a "strained relationships between students and administration" on campus. He also said that Brandeis needed to appoint a minority to the Board of Trustees...

Author: By Ivan Oransky, | Title: Brandeis Dean Resigns Post | 10/29/1990 | See Source »

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