Word: butler
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...spokesman James Butler said the protests were nothing unusual. "We're used to being picketed," he said, citing objections to past programs on abortion, gun control and racism. "Oh yes, and we were blustering liberal fools when we showed `The Day After'," Butler said, referring to a show on life after nuclear...
Responding to concerns about campaigning,Overseer President Samuel C. Butler '51 said thisweek that he did not expect to write a lettersimilar to the one written by Joan Bok last year...
...However, Butler said he would not rule out thepossibility that a high-ranking official or anoverseer would in a private capacity write aletter regarding this year's election...
...tell what Mr. Hartman is going toregard as electioneering. I don't know whetherPresident Bok or acting President Rosovsky mightdo it. There are a lot of people who might putsomething in," Butler said...
...formidable opponent looms. The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, which bemoaned last week's decision, has targeted the parental-leave bill for defeat. Mandated benefits, many business leaders argue, impose too big a financial burden on small enterprises. The decision "spells disaster," says Don Butler, president of the Los Angeles-based Merchants and Manufacturers Association. "Larger companies can shift to fill a hole, but small ones cannot do that very easily. If I employ ten females and two or more get pregnant at one time, I might as well file for bankruptcy." Discrimination against women might increase. Many companies "just...