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...bill proposed in the House--approved already in a similar version by the Senate--would "threaten Harvard's basic research programs," Parker L. Coddington, director of government relations, said yesterday, adding that the bill's quota would diminish the quality of the total national research effort...
...Steel will pay for Marathon probably with the $3 billion in bank credit lines it has built up, and the $2.5 billion in cash on hand partly from the sale of coal and cement properties. U.S. Steel Chairman David M. Roderick insisted that the Marathon purchase would not "diminish U.S. Steel's commitment to steel operations...
Mitchell, the office-workers' representative, said unequal pay, along with poor promotion prospects and working conditions for female office workers make imperative a concerted effort to thwart the Reagan administration's attempts to repeal affirmative action legislation and diminish the role of the Occupational Safety and Health Administration...
Stinn tries to put the best face on his absence, and he tries to diminish his importance to the team, talking up his successors. But you can tell he knows the real story--how badly he will be missed. "That's the thing I feel worst about--the experience factor," he says...
...consumer, for review and possible elimination. Among them: strict standards that manufacturers must follow in testing the safety of pesticides; rules setting standards for mobile homes; and regulations controlling the marketing of meat and poultry. Says Vice President George Bush: "There is nothing in our approach destined to diminish the quality of life. We're trying to find a balance that has not been found in previous rules." In so doing, the Administration has changed the entire concept of the Federal Government as guarantor of four basic consumer rights -to be informed, to be protected from dangerous products...