Word: confrontive
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...confront the onslaught of bargaining battles, the University designed a standard three-year package offering successive 10-, 9- and 8-per-cent annual wage increases. The "10-9-8" deal, as it became known, was fashioned under the assumption that economic issues would have primacy in negotiation sessions. Edward W. Powers, associate general counsel for employee relations and chief negotiator for the University, says the 10-9-8-- roughly a $1000 raise for "the average worker"--also represented an effort on the part of Harvard to compensate for the settlements of two years ago, which "turned out not that generous...
...vote still carried the stipulation that Quebec's position within confederation be modified. But when Trudeau convenes a conference with the ten provincial premiers, he will face enormous difficulties in reaching a consensus. The stances of the various premiers are dictated by regional demands, and Trudeau will have to confront a host of competing interests. Amid a swirl of centrifugal forces, Quebec's referendum vote may will lessen its leverage; Levesque, the loser, will represent Quebec as long as he manages to cling to power. And he is under no obligation to call an election until late 1981. The winner...
...blue-chip prospects, who have athletic tunnel vision and hunger for a high-caliber program, are not going to be attracted by the educational advantages of a Harvard. Yet inexplicably, Harvard often competes against the very schools that do harbor such hot-shots. The handicap that Crimson teams must confront in contests is both clear and substantial...
...Harvard is to fight "victory inflation," it will need someone, or a group of someones, to confront the issues. I hope they have cut deep--stinging members of the Ivy League community. I know I bristled when I first heard them--my impulse was to berate Giamatti, to endorse the "I love you, coach; I'd beat my mother for you, coach" attitude which can pervade athletics. That attitude just does not work; I suspect it's not very useful anywhere, but especially not in the Ivies or at Harvard...
...easy not to attempt such missions. That is the worry now among men who must provide for the security of the U.S. Terrorism is based on the willingness of those who terrorize to take high risks. To confront it demands risks. And no crisis will ever be quite the same as the one before...