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...officially interrupted the flow of the nearly $500 million worth of food the U.S. ships to Iran annually. But the International Longshoremen's Association instructed all its members not to load any vessels bound for Iran, and the giant American Farm Bureau Federation offered to support a total boycott on food exports. Some militant superpatriots talked of blockading the Iranian coast, but the Administration consistently ruled out that and all other military measures...
...concern focused primarily on what effect the boycott of Iranian oil would have on the domestic economy. Would long gasoline lines return? Would prices for fuels of all sorts take another breathless leap? Would inflation surge, interest rates rise and the economy slip deeper into recession...
Pontrelli recommended a House-wide referendum on whether Lowell House residents would like to boycott the Student Assembly seat...
David Rosen, an attorney for the union, said last week it had sent a letter to the dean of Harvard College requesting a boycott of Cotrell and Leonard, the Albany, N.Y., cap and gown manufacturer. But neither Dean Fox nor other officials said they had received such a letter...
James Argeros, Coop general manager, said yesterday he had not heard of the labor dispute at Cotrell and Leonard and had not received any letters from the ILGWU. He said he could not predict whether the Coop would join a boycott, but added, "Our principal concern is making sure we have the caps and gowns in June...