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...private sector, however, Sesame Street and Mr. Rogers will have to contend with the same market pressures that induce the networks to offer sleazy talk shows and sappy soap operas that comprise the current day-time fare...
While teams last year dropped the Crimson by guarding Butler, they now have to contend with Butler and Feaster, who has garnered every Ivy League Rookie of the Week award except one (Harvard didn't have a game that week...
...federal funding today, at a House budget hearing. Some Republican members of Congress are raising legal questions over ads run by many of the public stations. With Federal Communications Committee approval, messages requesting patrons to lobby Washington for continued financial support are being aired across the country. Subcommittee Republicans contend that it is illegal to use government money to influence congressional legislation.BTW: The hearing will be broadcast this weekend on National Public Radio and C-SPAN...
During its short history, the group has eclipsed two other local groups--the Harvard Square Business Association and the Harvard Square Advisory Committee--in influence by using strong-armed, confrontational tactics. Most prospective developments and businesses in the Square are likely to contend with the non-profit group's legal challenges and zoning appeals...
When President Clinton was considering who the new leader of the Democratic party ought to be, he no doubt had to contend with a whole slew of factions and interests within the party, each championing a candidate favorable to their interests. Perhaps surprisingly, one of the most powerful of those groups was the Cuban-American community...