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...remaining tenants have been through a physically and emotionally draining fight with the Goliath of the Square's landlords. They seemingly had a strong case to present to the rent board, and yet it was not solid enough to give them confidence that the rent board would lend its support to the battle. Now the tenants are tired--a perfect state of mind, from Harvard's point of view. Little will may be left to keep them to their original demands of Harvard admitting guilt for keeping units off the market intentionally, and guaranteeing to modify its treatment...

Author: By Andrew C. Karp, | Title: A Farewell to Arms | 2/6/1982 | See Source »

Clark Kent may be a champion of the underdog, but this is one David vs. Goliath story that will never appear in the Daily Planet. Back in 1979, student editors at Chicago's Richard J. Daley College decided to change their campus newspaper's name from the ominous sounding The Obstacle to the more light-hearted Daley Planet, after Superman's favorite newspaper. Funny? Certainly not to DC Comics, a division of Warner Communications Inc., which owns the Superman trademark...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Americana: No Joke, Superman! | 10/19/1981 | See Source »

Nader, mellower and a bit grayer than in his days as a corporate Goliath slayer, is optimistic that the tide will again turn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Let the Buyers Beware | 9/21/1981 | See Source »

Eight minutes before his flight leaves for Washington, Ralph Nader, consumer advocate, self-appointed David to America's corporate Goliath, steps through the automatic sliding doors at Logan Airport...

Author: By Charles W. Slack, | Title: Fighting the Corporate Goliath | 4/22/1981 | See Source »

...story, drawn from a real event in pre-World War I Britain, involves Ronnie (David Haller), a naval cadet who has been expelled for supposedly stealing a five-shilling money order. Convinced that his son is innocent, Arthur Winslow (Ralph Clanton) launches a David-vs.-Goliath struggle against the powers that be. Thanks to a top barrister (Remak Ramsay) whose icy hauteur masks a passion for justice, the boy's name is cleared, but the economic and emotional costs are high, especially for Winslow's daughter Catherine, who loses her fiancé. The strikingly attractive Giulia Pagano makes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: Quartet | 11/24/1980 | See Source »

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