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...ruling made earlier this year by the Securities and Exchange Commission, historically sympathetic to management on such issues, that made it easier for shareholders to challenge companies on CEO compensation through the proxy system. Shareholders at 43 companies, including Chrysler, IBM and Eastman Kodak, have submitted proposals seeking to curb executive pay. Next year the number could double. Says Ralph Whitworth, president of the United Shareholders Association: "What we're witnessing is a full-scale rebellion against corporate greed run amuck...
...according to owner Alan S. Weiner, his store is being threatened by a small six by 10 foot news shack on the curb in front of the store. Weiner says his business will suffer serious losses if the tiny shed is permitted to reopen and merchandise the same items as Weiner...
...Weiner, the stand's presence is more than a matter of public policy. Weiner told councillors last week that the shack is in "sharp contrast" to its surroundings and is in an unsafe location, far out on the curb and practically in the path of traffic...
...commanded before voters turned against the Thatcher Revolution -- the Conservatives plainly were not handed a mandate to forge ahead with a program that has plunged Britain into its longest, deepest recession since World War II. Rather, the Tories can only conclude that they remain more trusted than Labour to curb 9.4% unemployment, high interest rates and the spate of business bankruptcies and closures. Ultimately, Labour's attempts to convince voters that it had shed its socialist spots failed. The party's renunciation of its old high-taxing, free-spending habits were offset by promises to shore up education, health care...
THAT IS WHY the law students, and now other graduate school students, should not curb their protests to Clark's favored "open discussion" approach. "Open discussion" is what leaves fellowship programs "in the works" and faculty appointments in endless committees...