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...that there is room for reasonable debate regarding the relative benefit or detriment brought to the South African people by the presence of American corporations, and that careful, case-by-case scrutiny is therefore required, before a decision can be made regarding shareholder resolutions calling for corporate withdrawal. I contend that, on the contrary, there is a compelling case for the view that all American business in South Africa is, in and of itself, harmful to the fight against apartheid, and that Harvard should therefore support such resolutions in all corporations doing business in that country...
ONCE THE deregulation becomes law, Americans will wind up paying dramatically higher prices for their energy. And it is not even certain that there will be much more of this energy: some critics of the bill, like Sen. Edward M. Kennedy (D-Mass.), contend that the amount of new gas generated by higher prices will be marginal at best. Whether there is substantially more gas available or not, however, the fact remains that it will go only to those consumers who can afford to pay the higher prices. The bill is sure to compound consumer burdens to the breaking point...
Opponents of the bill, among them Sen. Edward Kennedy '54 (D-Mass.), say the measure will increase natural gas prices without measurably increasing supplies. The bill's supporters contend that deregulation of gas prices will encourage producers to develop new sources of gas and consumers to cut back on usage. The fight over the bill has snagged passage of the administration's energy package...
Postal workers, on the other hand, argue that the proffered increase lags behind the rate of inflation, which is expected to be about 8% this year. Moreover, they contend that then-productivity has risen 7.2% this year. What this argument ignores is that postal workers already average close to $16,000 a year, which is 50% more than the mean for all U.S. nonfarm workers...
...racquetmen like their squash counterparts, have to contend with national power Princeton each season for their main goal--the Eastern League crown. Two years ago, the Crimson tied the nationally ranked Tigers for the title...