Word: chairmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Former President Gerald R. Ford appointed Fraser to a presidential labor-management council in 1975. Fraser said one reason he resigned this summer was that the committee, which included the chairmen of major corporations, "knew the cost of everything and the value of nothing," in reference to their opposition to occupational safety and health standards...
Another reason for the caution could be that the assembly is a group of moderate students. This is reflected in the elections of officers and committee chairmen in which the more moderate candidates prevailed over the more radical candidates. Admittedly, the methods of classifying students according to ideology are vague and the margins of victory in these elections were often slim. However, many representatives agree the elections show that the assembly's initial steps have favored moderation...
...almost impossible to measure the workload of Harvard professors against the standards espoused by administrators. There is no public record of teaching agreements between professors and the University, and department chairmen are reluctant to discuss individual cases. The course catalog lists which professors teach what courses; but because some professors are only hired to teach half time, it is difficult to determine who teaches a full load...
...fact, Winthrop says he feels the chairmen of some of the more powerful Student Assembly committees will have more influence than he will have chairing the Student Assembly proceedings...
...even with the large chains, which are inexorably destined to take over the newspaper business, the chairmen of the board direct editorial content, although in a more subtle fashion. Rarely does an editor working for a chain newspaper receive a direct order to take certain stands on an issue. Instead the censorship occurs a priori-- when the editor is hired. The businessmen who run the corporation hire the editors who run the papers and write the editorials. Selecting an editor is an elaborate affair: The corporate leaders are careful to pick just their kind of guy and are willing spend...