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...after Committee Chairman and Gund Professor of Neuroscience John E. Dowling ’57—issued its report in March of 1981. Among the recommendations was the creation of a centralized, representative, funded body for student government. The seed for the Undergraduate Council had been planted: the fruit that would follow is still in existence today...
...lorries stream through the steel gates carrying away tons of soft turf being stripped away in search of solid ground on which to build the Ballinaboy refinery, a handful of campaigners huddle nearby in a converted horse trailer, fortifying themselves with hot tea, iced buns and buttered fruit loaf. At the gates a few gardai stand around looking glum and bored, with a wistful eye perhaps on their colleagues in the warm, dry police van parked nearby. The arrival of a reporter and a photographer produces a flurry of activity. When a dozen or so protesters make for the gates...
...Building shiny new stores to meet that demand is easy. The hard part will be supplying them with fresh, clean and safe vegetables and fruit through a sophisticated supply chain that links farms and consumers, country and cities. It's here that the real revolution lies. At the moment, India has one of the most fragmented produce-supply chains on the planet. Industry experts estimate more than 30% of all fresh produce is lost or spoils before it reaches the market. On average, goods pass through six or seven middlemen before a consumer can buy it, resulting in tortuous journeys...
...endurance, persuasion, negotiation, intimidation--and timing. The field is sown with favors large and small over many years and watered with occasional menace. (Ask Dingell how he feels about being called "the meanest s.o.b. in Congress," and he quietly answers, "It's very useful.") With luck, the seeds bear fruit when the votes are finally counted. The process is so slow and cumulative that few people ever become masters. "I've been doing it for years, and I learned from the best," Dingell said, "Rayburn, John McCormack [Rayburn's successor as Speaker...
...years to come. And U.S. employers - the same business lobby that rabid anti-immigration conservatives otherwise coddle - are sure to go almost any length, as they've always done, to skirt the new rules for verifying workers' legal status. Too much of our economy today depends on cheap fruit-picking, dishwashing and room-cleaning...