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Ten-week-old contract negotiations between Yale and its twin worker unions have yielded no agreements on salaries or other major issues, and if coming sessions don't prove more fruitful than recent ones, the university could soon face a strike.
Doubters need only look at Soviet human rights policies at home and abroad. But such policies do not--and cannot--preclude the two superpowers from hammering out a decent, fruitful and long-lasting working relationsip. Reagan's conversion to this point of view is one of the more remarkable twists...
"The department was prepared to give [Foner] an offer. But Columbia met all of his needs or interests, and he decided that getting involved in negotiations would not be fruitful," the professor said. "It's a disappointment. He was one of the most desirable names."
But the Boston Church of Christ is unique inits agressive prostelytizing efforts. The Churchbulletin publishes weekly service attendance,contribution and baptism figures, and sermonsoften stress the absolute importance of themembers being "fruitful," both in terms ofrecruitment or "discipling," and in personal cashcontributions.
Only about 1000 Harvard students are registered to vote in Cambridge, but Sullivan plans to campaign vigorously at the University. He says the precinct that includes Harvard Yard has always been among the most fruitful for him.