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In the Bok administration's seven-year tenure Harvard has employed a combination of legal expertise and an aggressive and intimidating bargaining style to either deflect or squelch labor discontent. Harvard's experienced legal staff delayed organizing efforts in the Medical Area and at Harvard's teaching hospitals with a...

Author: By Susan D. Chira, | Title: Harvard: An Impersonal Employer | 11/10/1978 | See Source »

TODAY'S Gubernatorial and Senate races confront Massachusetts voters with two markedly different choices; in one race they will have to pick the lesser of two evils while in the other, they have a choice between two credible, issue-oriented candidates. The state will be able to both tread water...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Not Just Another Election | 11/7/1978 | See Source »

Criticism of RUS has often been well-deserved. Its unsatisfactory performance in past years has contributed to a negative image. But this year's organization cannot be blamed for the discontent caused by past action--and inaction. The last to justify the mistakes of others, we are enthusiastically trying to...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Defending RUS | 11/6/1978 | See Source »

Carter had definitely staged a comeback since his summer of discontent. The turnaround was perhaps not quite so dramatic as the White House thought, but nonetheless was substantial enough. The President had reversed his standing in an Associated Press-NBC poll, which two months ago showed that only 38% of...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: With All Five Fingers | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

China's domestic policies have not been spared. Says the Soviet ideological journal Kommunist, China is wracked by "general social disorder, economic chaos and discontent." Tass charged that the Chinese people have suffered "a sharp drop in living standards, while millions have been repressed or exiled." The news agency...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: COMMUNISTS: Attacking China | 10/30/1978 | See Source »

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