Word: discussing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...idea that someone who opposes the very idea of a union should choose who meets with the University to discuss ways to ensure harmony between HUCTW and Harvard is counterintuitive: the worker who opposes the union shouldn't care, and the union doesn't need advice on this matter from those who are not sympathetic to its very existence. Every club, from the Boy Scouts to the Democratic Party, has a rule for making internal decisions: each member, one vote. To stray from that rule would be organizational suicide...
...first, I'd like to take time out to talk about my nose ring. I'd like to discuss this particular idiosyncratic affect of mine, even though you probably haven't caught a glimpse of me or it, because everyone who does see it for the first time can't help noticing it ("There's a hole in your nose!"), wondering about it ("Does that hurt?"), complimenting it ("That's really, um, neat.") or finding it disgusting ("Why did you ruin your face that...
...Board of Overseers yesterday met to discuss a series of recommendations on the divestment issue, but the president of the Board refused to disclose the results of the meeting...
...committee was formed to discuss the divestment question after a pro-divestment overseer called on the Board to vote on the issue last year. The Board traditionally acts as an advisory body for the Corporation, which manages Harvard's investment policy, giving its opinion only when asked...
...understood why the Secretary came to that conclusion, and he supported it." Neither George Bush nor incoming Secretary of State James Baker, who will inherit the repercussions, was consulted. Bush advisers were happy to distance the President-elect from the brouhaha. Said a grateful aide: "They chose not to discuss this issue with...