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...very nature of high-tech industries also hampers organizing efforts. Many software designers or biotechnical engineers work for small start-up companies that unions find difficult and expensive to penetrate. Among larger firms like Ap ple Computer, which has no production unions, workers are often part of flex ible teams that change tasks from month to month and work closely with management. That creates a sense of empowerment that can leave unions with little role to play. "Labor's mentality is manifestly tied to the old workplace," says David Hale, chief economist for Chicago-based Kemper Securities. "The new industries...
Harvard quarterback Mike Giardi will run the standby Multi-Flex offense--which varies offensive sets and uses play fakes to confuse defenses--against a weak Yale defense that has given up an average of 189 rushing yards per game and 219.9 yards per game passing...
...League opener against Columbia, though, Harvard won 57-0, proving the first rule of the Multi-Flex: Don't ever try to predict it. The Crimson rolled throughout the rest of the season, and went to New Haven with an Ivy record of 7-1 and in the hunt for the crown. But Harvard lost to Yale, 35-0, and finished the season 5-2 Ivy, 7-2 overall...
...first time under Restic, but with its victory over Yale it also marked the first time the Crimson had ever defeated the Elis with a Georgian in the White House. Harvard finished 3-4 Ivy, 3-6 overall, and it seemed like the Multi-Flex was going the way of the dodo...
...just when you are ready to write off the Multi-Flex, it comes back with a vengeance. And in 1980, the Crimson started off the season with four wins and looked like an Ivy League power again...