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...Blinded at six by glaucoma, schooled in classical, gospel and every form of popular music, he came to Atlantic Records in 1953, when the company?s boss, Ahmet Ertegun, bought Charles? Swingtime Records contract for $2,500. Ray brought with him a pioneering blend of gospel melodies, rhythm-and-blues raunch, a suavely swingin? piano groove ? la Nat Cole and the imposing sound of a big band behind him (though typically he worked with only six sidemen). Oh, and an epochal vocal style that would make him the 20th century?s dominant and longest-lived emissary of soul music...
Fenstermacher, waiting in the office of the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW), glanced over the open document, which turned out to be a message from union higher-up Shamim Morani to her colleagues inviting them to meet about upcoming contract renegotiations with the University...
...some of the group’s protests for the No Layoffs Campaign—which included rallies around Mass. Hall, speeches outside of the Holyoke Center and marches through Harvard Square—drew hundreds of people, the organization was ultimately disappointed with May’s HUCTW contract proposal, which does not include a “no layoffs” clause. Potter and Booth say they will encourage their fellow union members to reject the proposal at the June 17 ratification vote, but expect it will pass anyway...
According to Christopher Kruegler, who is assistant dean of Faculty of Arts and Sciences human resources, the idea to change the position may have come from a committee investigating the effectiveness of “work security”—a clause in HUCTW’s contract which guarantees laid off workers preference in hiring for open University positions...
Cheney spokesman Kevin Kellems says the Vice President "has played no role whatsoever in government-contract decisions involving Halliburton" since 2000. A Pentagon spokesman says the e-mail means merely that "in anticipation of controversy over the award of a sole-source contract to Halliburton, we wanted to give the Vice President's staff a heads...