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...hipster approach will never attain the ultimate level of musical and dramatic rapture that is the supposed province of opera. But the Absolute Beauty or Bust approach is not always the best, particularly when dealing with the imperfections of baroque opera. Why shoot for the heavens, perhaps to crash and burn, when you can get a nice modern chalet on Mt. Everest...
Some experts believe the economic climate is about to turn propitious for welfare reform. The competition for jobs that resulted when the baby-boom generation reached working age is becoming a thing of the past. In the 1990s fewer people -- those born during the baby bust, the period of low birth rates that began in 1965 -- will be looking for jobs. Says the Domestic Policy Council: "The baby bust will make it easier to lift America's welfare recipients up from dependency. Plenty of jobs will be available in the private economy, and at wage rates that will provide...
...Jody R. Adams '69 on the bust at University Hall, April 10, 1969 at approximately...
Harvard has consistently tried to bust unions. The University has spent millions over the last 12 years to defeat efforts by clerical and technical workers to organize into a union, repeatedly litigating election petitions before the NLRB for nine years. In 1982 the personnel office at the Medical School was moved in the middle of the night to support a bid to refuse them a union election. Harvard has also tried to stymie the dining hall workers' union. Last year officials tried to hire non-union labor at the Faculty Club and forced workers at the Business School's Kresge...
...Ford has not opened a single new U.S. plant since 1980 but has refitted old ones with automated equipment. The reduced capacity means that Ford's inventory may run short during a boom, but it ensures that the company will not be awash in excess autos during a bust...