Word: chapter
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...opposition to the resolution has centered upon the anti-gay discriminatory policies of ROTC. But even if ROTC accepted gays, the case to bring it back fails. ROTC would not just be another extracurricular activity; establishing a chapter on campus would compromise Harvard's academic integrity...
SOME lessons come easily. In the early chapter "Nine Ayes," Ackermann describes her discovery that much of the council's business is simply a matter of form--her fellow councillors approve virtually any order she brings them, as long as it does not involve money. Attempts to deal with the semiautonomous Redevelopment Authority teach her the three I's that often dominate city administration--inertia, indolence and incompetence...
...John's way of thinking, the sacrifice of the Bikers' Code to the realities of Big Business is serious, a matter of forsaking fraternity for individual enterprise. "New members join just to get in the trade: there are even Hell's Angels chapters out cooking for themselves. Look at that chapter over there; they cashed in their fraternal defense fund to buy chemicals. Now they're all riding new bikes -- them that don't have limousines...
Before the strike, Lorenzo was selling off Eastern's assets in order to keep the airline in service. Now Lorenzo, under Chapter 11 of the bankruptcy code, cannot sell assets without the approval of a Federal bankruptcy judge, and his sale of the Eastern Air Shuttle to Donald Trump is stalled. Lorenzo can draw on the assets of Continental Airlines and Texas Air to keep up the fight, but you can be sure that every $29 you give to Lorenzo goes straight into the unionbusting side. Every passenger must ask him or herself, in the words of the famous union...
...closing a chapter in our history and opening another one," said Interior Minister Czeslaw Kiszczak. Solidarity leader Walesa, who co-signed the pact with Kiszczak, went further: "I think this may be the beginning of democracy in Poland." But if that prophecy is to come true, Poland must reverse its disastrous economic decline, and the accord is weakest in its economic provisions. It includes only limited measures to advance productivity and a highly risky plan to index workers' wages. The Bush Administration is thinking of rewarding Poland for its moves toward liberalization by extending new credits, the first since martial...