Word: francisco
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...companies have a harder time retaining staff, they may not be able to be so choosy. As John Sullivan, head of human resources management at San Francisco State University, says, "Employees have won the war for talent. They can pretty much demand whatever they want." And thanks to the Net, they may have a better chance of getting...
...Richmond initiative is being adopted in Atlanta; Birmingham, Ala.; Fort Worth, Texas; New Orleans; Norfolk, Va.; Philadelphia; Rochester, N.Y.; and San Francisco. President Clinton has touted Exile in a radio address. And the N.R.A., which donated more than $100,000 to Richmond's Project Exile ad campaign, is urging Washington to spend $50 million to apply the concept nationwide...
...founded in 1949 by a Bay Area pacificst a way to disseminate radical ideas ignored by traditional mass media. Over the years, the station provided a critical tool for emerging political groups-including the anti-war, environmental and gay rights movements-to reach a broad audience in the San Francisco area. In the days before fax machines, cable television and the Internet, radio was the most efficient way to mobilize large crowds for protests and to make new converts through consciousness-raising. Activists say that despite new technologies, KPFA is still a vital element of their work. Its eclectic programming...
That diverse coalition was on glorious display at a July 31 rally in the city's Martin Luther King Park. More than 10,000 people turned out for the rally, the largest in Berkeley since the Vietnam War, the San Francisco Chronicle reported. Political cross-pollination was the rule. Tables set up around the perimeter advertised the Sierra Club, the Peace and Freedom Party, the Police Review Commission and even the Rally to Prevent Y2K Catastrophe...
Adam A. Sofen '01, a Crimson editor, is a history and literature concentrator in Pforzheimer House. This summer he is working as a courier for a San Francisco-based attorney service...