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...Fifteen cancer specialists from the People's Republic of China visited the Medical School last week, the first such American visit to be sponsored by a private organization...
...required two-thirds−say they would expel Geralds immediately. One factor in the minds of many is that this is an election year. Legislators fear that a failure to expel Geralds will rebound unfavorably against them at the polls. Says the house majority floor leader Joseph Forbes, "Fifteen or 16 swing seats are at stake...
...real democratic basis of the occupation lies in the "affinity group" structure. Every occupier belongs to an affinity group of ten to fifteen people who train together. Each group has a medic, a media contact, two support people who stay off the site and make arrangements for food and communication, and a person who represents the group at decision-making meetings. For the June 24 occupation, Harvard students will be forming at least one affinity group...
Given Steven's past history and its refusal last week to admit that it has ever broken the law in the past, its promise not to break the law in the future has little credibility. In the past fifteen years Stevens has calculated that it is more profitable to systematically undermine unionization efforts and to pay over one million dollars in fines, (clearly a very low price for maintaining inadequate working conditions and low wages and pension payments), than to allow the workers to democratically decide whether they want to be represented by the Amalgamated Clothing and Textile Workers union...
...more than his teacher--he is a paternalistic spiritual guide. In the student's initiation ceremony, a string is tied around his wrist to indicate devotion to his guru. In addition, the soles of one's feet are considered unclean; it is forbidden to touch instruments with them. Fifteen hours of practice each day is not considered too rigorous...