Word: driving
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There was a good deal of quivering. Norman Isaacs, executive editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal and Times, fumed: "What we're facing now is a drive for a real one-party press, not through free expression but through open intimidation by the top officials of our Government." The Chicago Sun-Times said Agnew's attitude recalled a 1920 quote by Lenin: "Why should a government that is doing what it believes to be right allow itself to be criticized? It would not allow opposition by lethal weapons. Ideas are much more fatal than guns." To suggest even...
...richest museum in the nation, the Metropolitan still must face a deficit this year. A major drive for capital funds is expected to follow its current centennial celebrations...
...real question about the SDS argument lies in the overall pattern they claim to see in these cases: that Harvard is systematically attempting to drive down the wages of its skilled employees-painters in particular-by hiring them in categories lower than those merited by their skills. It is true that Harvard has not always been the most generous of employers during the past decades: its wage scales have lagged behind those of other Boston employers. The Wilson Committee on the University and the City admitted this in its report of a year ago, and went on to note that...
...addition, an incident on the way to New Haven last Friday soured quite a few freshman football players on one aspect of the varsity coaching staff, and Yovicsin can ill afford to drive away upcoming players at this stage. Farneti, hopefully, can re-establish the type of cohesive attitude that was the major factor in the success of the 1968 squad...
...University-like most huge corporations-does indeed have hiring practices which must be changed. If necessary, militant student pressure should be exerted to force the Administration to make those changes. But SDS must make a better case to get the mass student backing necessary for successful-and comprehensible-student drive. The disruption in University Hall last week contributed nothing to an understanding or resolution of the important moral and political issues involved...