Word: discontentment
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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The Pittsburgh strike could send a jolt of energy to other sluggish branches of the labor movement. If the strikers make some gains, and the company doesn't fold, others--especially in the growing service sector--will realize the importance of union organization. Rather than a resurgence of the labor...
There have been scattered setbacks, of course. After the price controls were announced, but before they were instituted, many people spent their spare cash to stock up on groceries. "There was a collective psychosis," said one supermarket manager. Some merchants simply ignored the freeze and raised prices illegally. State inspectors...
Twenty-five years after graduating, that discontent at the way Radcliffe students were treated is a dominant theme in alumnae's recollections of their college experience. But just as strong is the fact that almost every woman accepted the way it was.
They are five students who disrupted their college careers to make the move to Harvard and part of a group of students that has been a continual source of discontent. Some feel they have been mistreated because they cannot find on-campus housing. Others say they are frustrated, but willing...
More importantly, "Apathy about Apathy" portrays that the apathetic contingent looks far large than it is. On one side of this line, as Mr. Rosenthal draws it, are the organizers of angry protests which gain national press coverage, the son associated with student activism in most people's minds, such...