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Repeal of the Prevailing Wage Law would take away the Commissioner of Labor's power to set wage rates for public work. Instead, the state would contract out its projects to the lowest--or best--bidder and therefore save money...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Question 2 Would End State Wage Guarantee | 9/27/1988 | See Source »

...pretty soon. For one thing, two arbitrators have now ruled that the club owners -- Bart's bosses -- conspired to restrict the movement of players who had become free agents after the 1985 and 1986 seasons. In lay terms, eligible players were allowed to offer their services to the highest bidder, except that few bids were forthcoming save from the clubs for which they were already playing. These judgments could figure explosively when the contract between the clubs and the Major League Players Association expires after the 1989 season. Also up for grabs next year are potentially troublesome extensions or renewals...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A. BARTLETT GIAMATTI: Egghead At the Plate | 9/26/1988 | See Source »

Obviously, financial donations to Harvard are crucial to maintaining its position as the nation's premier institution of higher learning--not to mention the nation's richest. But if officials give into the temptation to sell bits and pieces to the highest bidder, how can the University maintain any institutional independence and ethical integrity? And how can Harvard preserve its newfound status as an institution based on merit and no longer just status and wealth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poisoned Ivy | 9/16/1988 | See Source »

Obviously, financial donations to Harvard are crucial to maintaining its position as the nation's premier institution of higher learning--not to mention the nation's richest. But if officials give into the temptation to sell bits and pieces to the highest bidder, how can the University maintain its institutional independence and its own ethical integrity? And how can Harvard preserve its newfound status as an institution based on merit and no longer just status and wealth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poisoned Ivy | 9/14/1988 | See Source »

Obviously, financial donations to Harvard are crucial to maintaining its position as the nation's premier institution of higher learning--not to mention the nation's richest. But if officials give into the temptation to sell bits and pieces to the highest bidder, how can the University maintain any institutional independence and ethical integrity? And how can Harvard preserve its newfound status as an institution based on merit and no longer just status and wealth...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Poisoned Ivy | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

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