Word: child
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Fifth Child...
Probably because many empathized with the union. Child care, pay equity and career advancement are all areas in which Harvard has failed its female work force, both management and labor. The University has failed to recognize and respect women workers, leaving them in middle management and turning to men and outsiders for to posts. A case in point is Ronald Petty, the new personnel director, who oversees the mostly female support staff and its supervisors...
Many relatives use their vacation days to cover their absence. For example, Joe (not his real name), a senior friend of mine from the Southwest, has 12 brothers and sisters, countless in-laws, nieces and nephews. Joe is the first child to graduate from an out-of-state school, not to mention Harvard University...
Dukakis has found child care a big help in humanizing his rather aloof image. On the eve of the Ohio primary last week, he visited a center in Cincinnati and led children in a rousing chorus of Itsy Bitsy Spider. Though he has not spelled out a detailed policy, he points to the state-sponsored program he developed as Governor of Massachusetts, the most comprehensive in the nation. Over the past three years, it has increased placements in state- licensed centers by 20%, to 117,000 Bay State youngsters...
Bush, for the moment at least, is in a bind. Asked for his views on child care recently, the Vice President quipped, "I'm for it," before more seriously voicing deep concern. Right now all he can do is promise to make a major speech on the issue in June and put forth some guidelines (no new federal bureaucracy; help only to the poor, not the middle class) that will shape his position once...