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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Within the next month. Harvard's approximately 500 dining hall workers will elect about 120 of themselves to a contract committee. Out of that committee, between 20 and 30 workers will be selected for a negotiating committee to deal directly with the University...

Author: By John N. Riccardi, | Title: Food Workers to Bargain Aggressively | 11/16/1982 | See Source »

...Environment and Public Works Committee, where I have become closely involved with revising the Clean Air Act, was unknown to me until January of 1981. I and many of my colleagues established our positions on issues before entering public office. We receive support from those who work to elect like-minded people to Congress. That is what representation is all about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters: Nov. 15, 1982 | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

...nuclear-freeze initiative, but alienated many voters with a heavyhanded TV spot. After a small boy said he wanted "to go on living," a mushroom cloud filled the screen and an announcer intoned: "Pete Wilson opposes the nuclear-arms freeze. Jerry Brown supports it. Vote for your life. Elect Jerry Brown to the U.S. Senate...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Election '82: A Tie That Was Really a Win | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

...broad-based income taxes. Determined to protect the state's tradition, Republican Thomson came out of political retirement and filed as an independent. But the Republican nominee turned out to be John Sununu, a conservative ally. Fearing his candidacy could drain enough votes from Sununu to re-elect Democratic Incumbent Hugh Gallen (who refused to take the pledge this time), Thomson tried to withdraw but it was too late. His self-defeating campaign worked: Thomson got only 2% of the vote and Sununu upset Gallen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Political Notes: Down with Me | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

Even when poor rural and inner-city schools elect to spend their limited funds on computers, the teachers are often inadequately prepared. Pressured to improve basic skills quickly, they take the most direct route, using computers as electronic flash cards for simple drill and practice. By contrast, specially trained teachers at more sophisticated schools are introducing ever younger children to the art of programming. In Georgia's affluent De Kalb County, 445 teachers a year take four-hour instruction sessions one night a week. Says Frank Barber, the training coordinator: "We believe the nicest thing that can happen...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Computers: Peering into the Poverty Gap | 11/15/1982 | See Source »

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