Word: attractants
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sure that to those who believe The Crimson is insensitive, little was done to allay their concerns. The distrust is great. In a meeting early last spring with members of the Black Students Association, we discussed how we could attract more Blacks to The Crimson. We were told by some BSA members that we were a largely white institution, and were looked on as such by most Blacks on campus...
...found itself allied with some major corporate interests. Supporting briefs have been filed by trade associations, whose members include I.B.M., Procter & Gamble and Dow Chemical, as well as publishing companies such as the New York Times Co., Time Inc. and the Hearst Corp. Reid has also managed to attract some influential supporters. The Justice Department has taken his side, as have two coalitions of artists who are worried about losing the rights to their artwork...
Apart from drying up a source of ethically questionable payments, the most convincing rationale for raising government pay is that better salaries will attract highly qualified people to government service. But while that logic may apply to the top-notch executives needed for senior posts in Cabinet departments and lawyers skilled enough to adorn the federal bench, it has little to do with Congress. Despite the alleged financial hardships of congressional service, vacant House and Senate seats never go begging. And few incumbents ever retire because of financial straits...
...salary boost may attract more talent to Washington, but it will distance lawmakers even more from life beyond the Beltway. -- A retrospective view of Ronald Reagan as he heads off into the sunset. -- A new survey finds that Americans are looking forward to Bush with something less than longing. -- Hugh Sidey on the new drug czar, "Big Bill" Bennett...
...Harvard Real Estate may not care how many freshmen are mugged or how many upperclassmen are run over en route from the River Houses. But I would think someone there would notice that, with all the concessions HRE promises to meet such worries, the hotel will hardly be an attractive, money-earning one. Harvard promises a "moderately priced" hotel to avoid further yuppification, a small one to dodge traffic and transiency problems, one with no public services in order to keep crowds away, and one with a Graham Gund-supplied designer label to keep architecture buffs quiet. First...