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...director for a San Diego com puter graphics firm. "We don't plan on him for dinner," she says. "We don't plan on him for anything. He's kind of a drop-in guest." Says Gary in his defense: "I'm in a double bind. The computer gives me immediate rewards. I get positive strokes every time I solve a problem. On the other hand, I enjoy being with my family. But if you spend too much time with them, you lose your edge in the computer industry...
Kirkland argued that if labor leaders waited until several key primaries had taken place, they would be "surrendering before we have a chance to have a go at it." Still, even union officials who like the idea admit that there is no guarantee that an AFL-CIO endorsement will bind every local. "I can't stand here and tell you that no one will jump the traces," said William Winpisinger, president of the machinists. Nonetheless, union officials believe that Reaganomics will provide reason enough to keep everyone in line. Recent polls indicate that union members who voted for Reagan...
...loyalties are stronger than those that bind beer drinkers to their brews. But beyond real artful packaging and the image-stroking advertising, is there really any significant difference between the various brands of American beer...
Participants in the conference commended Bok for his statement, proposing a set of basic guidelines--many already followed at Harvard and other schools--for working financial relation ships between universities and business. The statement didn't bind even the five schools who attended the conclave but afterwards many higher education officials confidently predicted it will become a model for other colleges confidently predicted it will become a model for other colleges. Says Bok "People in my position at the various universities especially those who have been in office for some time have a responsibility to speak as cogently and effectively...
...warfare continued, Mauritania renounced its claim to any part of the former Spanish colony. Hassan held on, but understood that he was in a bind: he could not defeat the Polisario, even though he was spending about $ 1 million a day in trying; and he could not withdraw because his countrymen of every political persuasion, whatever they might think of his other policies, were wildly enthusiastic about the war in the Sahara...