Word: cesar
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Harvard Dining Services (HDS) has decided to overturn the 1992 student-prompted boycott on table grapes inspired by the national boycott started in 1984 by union leader Cesar Chavez, according to HDS executive chef Michael Miller...
...been doing business with Harvard for several years now," said Brad Woodgate, vice-president of Costa. "And it's always just been a forgone conclusion that Harvard didn't purchase grapes because of the Cesar Chavez situation, and nobody's ever pursued...
...community and the world at large do not act quickly enough to reverse the trend, there will be an ecological catastrophe. We humans have come to be "nature's most fearsome predators," but what will happen when there is hardly anything left to keep the ecosystem in balance? FRED CESAR Fort Lauderdale...
Inning one, Boise: The pitcher is fresh enough to strike out the first batter. After that, things get a little crazy. A few catches become misses, and the opposing team ends up with two runs before an outfielder, Cesar Geronimo, catches two to get the Hawks up to bat. A man on first, but no score...
...strawberry workers want to join the United Farm Workers (UFW), the branch of the AFL-CIO founded by Cesar Chavez, which has fought for and won better living conditions and benefits for employees in the wine-grape, rose and mushroom industries and which has led an important boycott against the table-grape industry for continuing to spray their fields and the nearby neighborhoods with oil-based toxic pesticides. Harvard has participated in the table-grape boycott since the 1980s, and we hope their active participation in that fight will inspire their thinking about the strawberry pickers...