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Nixon's trip seems to indicate that Peking has approved of his machinations in office, insinuating that if he had not had to contend with a democratic system he would still be in the White House...
...typical American changes his job seven times during his lifetime, and his career three times. Francis Fisher, director of Harvard's career services office, goes further, arguing that "we must break the assumption that the purpose of education is to prepare for work." He and other educators contend that liberal-arts training, whatever its salability in the job market, is a necessary resource in a civilized society...
That finding is disputed by some Administration economists, who contend that recession hurt the industry more than imports did. Paul MacAvoy, a member of the Council of Economic Advisers, faults the ITC for "never even questioning" the role of industry price policy. ITC data indicate that on most of the products concerned, domestic prices were rising last year while the prices of imports either were falling or going up less than the made-in-America steel. Richard Simmons, president of Allegheny Ludlum Steel Corp., the largest U.S. specialty-steel producer, challenges that finding: he says his company cut prices...
...final club members devise a set of standards for consideration and admission into their social fraternity. If one does not meet these standards, he or she is simply not considered. I'll contend that this is social exclusivism and yes, a brand of elitism. To say that they are not as just a part of the Great Clubbie Whitewash. The clubs are, I believe, a type of escape hatch from the "fractured" nature of life in Cambridge. This is not an evil thing, it is natural to want to be with people with whom...
...rent control as long as the apartments go for rents that are above an arbitrary limit. The clause was originally intended to deny rent-control protection to affluent tenants, who, it is argued, can shift for themselves in their plush penthouses. But high-rent living, the Task Force members contend, is not the same thing as luxury living, especially in Cambridge. Students living together near their schools, people who are looking for extra security in one of the nation's most dangerous cities, all deserve protection from sudden and costly rent hikes and arbitrary evictions, they argue. Whether...