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...that point, members of the local Chamber of Commerce and two industrial development groups, who usually spend their time trying to attract new industries, realized they were about to lose an established one. They donated $75,000 and persuaded the university's business and engineering schools to turn the factory into a living laboratory. The university agreed in January, promising to pay for the cost of using the factory by finding $500,000 in annual savings or making up the difference in cash...
...been beneficial to South African society. Its example encouraged Canadian, European and South African codes. Though not perfect, it has helped to liberalize the trade union movement and has contributed to improved labor conditions in the country. More U.S. companies must abide by the code and the American Chamber of Commerce in South Africa must be encourgaed to assist the process of change in South Africa How can Harvard help? Instead of the negative posture of direstiture, students and the Administration should settle their differences and focus on finding new alternatives to the South African problem...
...bomb that ripped into a corridor outside the Senate chamber last week was eerily predictable. "I was sort of anticipating something," said a shaken Senate Minority Leader Robert Byrd, who lost his office doors to the blast, "especially in light of other occurrences that have taken place around the world recently...
While Gemayel engaged in his delicate tinkering, a 14-member commission in Geneva reached some "tentative conclusions" on constitutional changes. Among the proposals: a parliament with upper and lower houses would replace the single-chamber legislature and be equally divided between Muslims and Christians, instead of the current ratio in favor of the Christians. The posts of President and Prime Minister would continue to go to a Maronite Christian and a Sunni Muslim, respectively, but a vice presidency would be created and be reserved for a Muslim. Although heartened by the results, committee members stressed that these were suggestions that...
Yentl is a big, good-looking movie with only three main characters-a chamber piece played in a Crystal Palace that shivers in the soft focus of sexual ambiguity. As director, Streisand has seen to it that Yentl and Avigdor and Hadass don't get lost in the sumptuous locations and somber, classical mise en scene. Patinkin has harnessed his talent and energy; he can bounce off a bookcase in the thrall of scholarship, or sit tense and still as Avigdor tries to figure out the riddle of Anshel's identity. Amy Irving, of the honeyed voice...