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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Consider, for instance, some of the NUS demands: increased student aid until all student fees are abolished, systematic national planning of education, elimination of financial barriers preventing international students from studying in Canada, greater affirmative action policies in the realm of education, and the elimination of unemployment in Canada through government creation of jobs. These issues, especially the demand for full employment, indicate a concrete student-worker alliance that may have great ramifications in Canada. In many West European nations? particularly Italy and France--it is this alliance that has effectively challenged the idea that capitalism is the best...

Author: By J. WYATT Emmerich, | Title: National Union of Students | 12/14/1978 | See Source »

...suburban mall [Nov. 13] compares with a buggy manufacturer obstructing the sale of autos in 1910. It is understandable, but hopeless. Most downtown areas, whether they are renovated or not, are now obsolete as shopping areas. They just don't give customers the convenience, hours and consideration they demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Man of the Year | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...agree that cosmetics will boom. Perfumes, bath oils, makeup kits and the like are always among the most popular gifts. Besides, says Eve Levinson, vice president of the California-based Broadway chain of 47 department stores: "There is this tremendous interest in self-gratification and ego satisfaction, which heightens demand...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetics: Kiss and Sell | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

...less than a third in 1968, and that is a boon for the industry. Working women have both the need and the cash to buy cosmetics, and use 30% more of them than housewives do. But they cannot spend hours making up between breakfast and bus stop, so they demand cosmetics that can be put on quickly and easily, at least for office wear...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cosmetics: Kiss and Sell | 12/11/1978 | See Source »

They agreed to disperse after Amherst President J. William Ward complied with their demand for a large, accessible office. He granted La Causa an area adjacent to the snack bar in the Fayerweather Social Center as their headquarters...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Amherst Sit-In | 12/9/1978 | See Source »

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