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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...divestment or resign from the Board of Overseers, and they also requested that he meet with all of them. O'Donnell did not accede to the demands and the protesters were arrested by Boston police for trespassing at 7:45 p.m., more than nine hours after the protest had begun...
...them with size conversions and translations. Some of the restaurant staff at Manhattan's Sheraton Centre hotel, aided by a tutor, have learned to utter in Japanese such phrases as "Do you want your eggs fried or scrambled?" and "Be careful -- the plate ; is hot." An Italian speaker has begun teaching personnel a few basic sentences in that language as well. In North Hollywood 36 Universal Studios tour guides translate into German, French, Japanese, Chinese and Spanish the behind-the-scenes stories of the making of such films as King Kong, Psycho and Jaws (to the French speaking, Les Dents...
...stem this rising tide of alcohol, Berkeley, Stanford and a number of other schools have instituted undergraduate awareness programs featuring lectures and discussions on the dangers of drinking. A voluntary alcohol- awareness organization called Bacchus, begun at the University of Florida in 1976, has spread to some 280 campuses across the nation. "There has generally been much greater attention on what damage alcohol can do," says Robert % Saltz, senior research scientist at the Prevention Research Center in Berkeley. But he adds, "There is still very little consensus on what to do about...
...their jobs but not full time. The Soviet Women's Committee, which submits to the government proposals on legislation affecting females, is seeking to increase the number of day-care centers (currently there are 3 million children without places) and build greater flexibility into work schedules. Some factories have begun to experiment with six-hour shifts. Says Zoya Pokhova, who heads the Committee: "Our goal is that women with young children should have shorter work hours...
Right now the migrating bees have begun to reach the Pacific Coast killing fields, where hives baited with pheromones, or sexual scents, await them. Once the insects are enticed inside, plastic bags will be pulled tight over the hives to suffocate them. To prevent the bees from taking over the working hives of the more docile European honeybee, all European queen bees in the area are being marked with a bright spot of acrylic paint. Their hives will be checked every month for the presence of Africanized queens...