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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Viewing Harvard in roles other than its educational ones is one of the most important experiences members of the committee absorb, Van Dyke and Damman agree. The students work for organizations that frequently come into conflict with Harvard, and force them to see "how an institution like Harvard affects the people in the surrounding community," Van Dyke says. "They recognize that Harvard is a landlord, employer and a stockholder," she adds...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Helping Workers Get Organized | 10/4/1978 | See Source »

CERTAIN MANAGEMENT policies, status concerns on the part of reporters, and fundamental conflicts of interest between reporters and other newspaper employees impede the progress of unions of writers and editors. Owners of both individual newspapers and large chains have undermined the unity of news and editorial writers' guilds by splitting news and editorial departments in half. The underlings are designated by contract as members of the huge newspaper guild, while the city editors, editorial page editors, and assistant managing editors are positioned under the status-label of "management." The owners play off the desire reporters have both for the status...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: The Chain Gangs | 10/3/1978 | See Source »

That scenario for conquest could be risky for Hanoi. A full-scale attempt to take over Phnom-Penh might well bring Viet Nam into direct conflict with Cambodia's formidable ally, China. But some analysts doubt that Pol Pot can rely heavily on Peking. In the past month he has sent emissaries to China with pleas for supplementary military aid. Though he has received gratifying messages from Chairman Hua Kuo-feng ("We support your struggle"), no substantial increase in aid has been forthcoming. Diplomatic observers in Southeast Asia believe that if the Pol Pot regime should be toppled by Viet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: Dirge of the Kampucheans | 10/2/1978 | See Source »

...PRIVATE SECTOR as a whole attempts to protect profits by passing the tax burden onto working people--either as consumers or as producers. This class conflict provides an objective basis for the politicization of workers...

Author: By Murray Gold, | Title: The Bottom Line | 9/30/1978 | See Source »

...Development Office has not resolved its fundraising plans for graduates since 1976, Wigglesworth said. Since Harvard and Radcliffe jointly raise money from members of classes after 1976, the development office "wishes to avoid any conflict or competition" with Harvard efforts, she said...

Author: By Justina K. Carlson, | Title: Radcliffe Begins 'Century Drive' | 9/28/1978 | See Source »

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