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...days after Harrisburg, 35,000 West Germans protested plans to build an underground nuclear dump near Groleban in northern Germany. They began chanting "We All Live in Pennsylvania," and the slogan was soon picked up by demonstrators back in the U.S. Major demonstrations occurred in Japan, in Denmark, and in other nations. French saboteurs blew up millions of dollars worth of nuclear equipment destined for Iraq. The people of the industrialized world have begun turning against nuclear power, but their governments are wedded to the nuclear industry...

Author: By Eric B. Fried, | Title: A Mushrooming Movement | 5/4/1979 | See Source »

...address the people-vs.-profits issue. Would Federated and Allied continue to conduct business-as-usual with a foreign company discovered to be using slave labor? People buy Stevens because it's cheap, and that is so for two reasons: First, the company has made a concerted attempt to "dump" their products to beat the boycott, selling them below cost to keep the retailers on their side. Stevens board chairman Finley reported publicly to President Carter's office that "during the base period 1976-77 we sold our products substantially below cost...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Corporate Conscience | 4/19/1979 | See Source »

Kris Mertz at number five, and Leslie Miller, at six, did just that. Mertz gutted out a 7-6, 7-6 triumph over Loeffler, and Miller came back to dump Missy "Don't call me Ms." Morris...

Author: By Jeffrey R. Toobin, | Title: Netwomen Fall to Big Green, 5-4; Record Now 3-7 | 4/17/1979 | See Source »

Silber is the central figure in the controversy. Even his admirers admit he is tough, abrasive, and outspoken. His detractors charge he is corrupt, completely unreasonable, a dictator, and adjectives then become unprintable. Hundreds of students and faculty sport "Dump Silber" buttons and many people insist B.U.'s problems will not be resolved until the university has a new president. The trustees, however, support Silber and faculty leaders are willing to put up with him if they have a good contract guaranteeing them wage increases and the right to govern their own affairs...

Author: By Nicholas D. Kristof, | Title: The B.U. Faculty: Striking Back | 4/11/1979 | See Source »

...Rangers should dump the Kings in two straight. L.A. will get its share of goals from Marcel Dionne, Butch Goring and Dave Taylor, and could stretch the series to three, but that is unlikely...

Author: By Laurence S. Grafstein, | Title: NHL Second Season to Open Tonight | 4/10/1979 | See Source »

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