Word: basics
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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When President Reagan announced in his budget message last month a broad new plan to raise funding levels for the National Science Foundation, the federal agency that funds most basic science research, University administrators and scholars welcomed the plan in the hope that it would decrease the role of the Department of Defense in funding scientists...
William Coors admits he doesn't like unions. "Unions are a consequence of unenlightened management...management that is not sensitive to the basic needs of the people." He argues that if managers would pay more attention to employees' needs, as he suggests he does in his brewery, there would be no need for workers to unionize. Additionally, Coors equates strikes with warfare, and is happy to declare himself the winner. He notes, "Where unions have gone out on strike with our company, they have not gotten back in." However, according to a Coors spokeswoman, three strikes in the past...
...toward the end of the night and the joyful confusion which is the scooper's basic element has accelerated. Orders are forgotten, the radio gets louder, we smash into each other more frequently, and the accumulation of goop spreads into face and hair. Revelling in the chaotic, carnival atmosphere I put up my sweatshirt hood to accentuate my insanity. This provokes customer comment. Customers never expect a reply. "He must be getting cold (snigger snigger)." My eyes roll, scoop clatters from my hand. "No I'm not. I'm just fucking weird." Nodding cowed agreement, the line moves on. Chuckling...
...more basic than these: Who should look for the answers? That at least is an easy one--thanks to the initiative of the Cambridge City Council. Following an alleged instance of harassment on the part of Cambridge police, the council set up a Civilian Review Board, which met for the first time three weeks ago. The Civilian Board is the right group to consider disputes involving Harvard's own police...
...dropped architecture, opting instead for the life of an inventor. "Inventing allows you to more perfectly solve problems, without compromising at all," he says. "Also, it provides direct contact with basic physical principles...