Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Stephens spent his time away from Harvard living in Boston and his native Detroit, doing construction and custodial work and pursuing political activities...
Stephens at times finds his relations with younger students somewhat unreal. He belongs, essentially, to a different social and political generation from most current undergraduates. In the spring of 1968, when King was assassinated, Detroit exploded in rage, and Stephens was preparing to enter Harvard as a freshman, today's freshman class members were sitting attentively in the third grade of elementary school. "At times, I feel like a relic," Stephens says. Still, he adds that he appreciates the respect others at Harvard have shown him. Oftentimes, Stephens says, other students ask him his opinion on social questions; many question...
...compulsory retirement is a traumatic experience for a worker, perhaps no less trying would be a situation in which he is downgraded at the office for a decade or more. Many companies already exert subtle and not so subtle pressure on older people to get them to retire. Says Detroit Attorney V. Paul Donnelly, who specializes in age-discrimination cases involving white-collar workers: "If they are going to do you in by age 53 and make you worthless, increasing the retirement age is not the answer. I believe it means nothing...
...first few months after retiring, Kuechenmeister would drop in at Uniroyal's international division offices in Detroit just to see how projects were going in his department. Having spent 39 years with the company, he could not divorce himself easily from "the things you started but weren't completed when you left...
...Lance summoned Clifford back to Washington from a business meeting in Detroit, Carter prepared for a scheduled 3 p.m. press conference which had been postponed until 5 p.m. Press Secretary Jody Powell prepared a written statement for Carter. The President resisted the idea. "I don't feel right about reading a statement about Bert," he told Powell. "I just want to talk...