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...stay above 7% of the work force, deflecting some of the bargaining push away from big wage increases toward new job-security demands. The rate of inflation already is coming down, taking some steam out of the "catchup" drive. Also, many unions will be demanding new, or more generous, provisions tying wage hikes to the cost of living. If price rises continue to slow, the clauses could keep wage increases moderate...
...tides of fortune have been generous to Harvard's track team this year, as the squad pulled out last-event wins over Northeastern and Army and put it all together last week against Princeton. The tide turned, though, in Saturday's Heptagonal meet at Cornell, as the Crimson could manage only a second-place tie behind Penn's winning performance...
...Sunshine Boys, Ann-Margret's as Best Actress for her part in Tommy. "You owe me six weeks' pay at $1,100 a week," insisted Burns, now 80, referring to AM's broken contract. Then accepting three quick smooches from his ex-protegee, now 34, generous George reconsidered. "The kisses," he smiled, "cancel the debt...
Francis M. Pipkin, associate dean of the faculty and chairman of CHUL, may have been too generous when he said after Wednesday's meeting that the CHUL had failed to "come to grips" with the housing issue. Perhaps he should have added that CHUL had only aggravated the problem...
Amid all the boredom that New Hampshire and the major presidential candidates generated Tuesday, there were generous moments of reprieve, and most of those moments were generated by a tantalizing slate of absurdist candidates...