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...himself is the first to admit that all of his success does not derive from pure athletic ability. His self-perception always comes back to one characteristic--determination. Referring specifically to football, he says a little ruefully, "I had to be determined and aggressive and put out 180 per cent or get my head knocked...
Many Cambridge tenants told the city's rent board last night that they oppose any general increase in rents city landlords are allowed to charge, while others urged the board to keep any increase well below last year's record 25-per-cent jump...
...Anything even approaching last year's 25-per-cent figure is out of the question," tenant rights activist and City Councilor David Sullivan told the board. Sullivan said later he would oppose any increase in rents greater than 10 per cent...
...suggest that landlords who heat their building be granted increases equivalent to 80 per cent cost-of-living increase," Edward Karian, a Harvard St. landlord, told the hearing. Karian cited a long list of conservation devices he had installed but added that even with lower energy use, his building had become "a liability, not a source of income...
...that desperately needs the cooperation of its union. In return for permission to defer its pension-fund contribution, Chrysler consented to a union demand for a joint advisory board on pensions. Three representatives from Chrysler and three from the United Auto Workers will oversee the investment of 10 per cent of each year's net increase in pension money for "socially desirable" ends. In addition, the union can veto investments in up to five companies every year as a result of ties to South Africa...