Word: happening
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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President Pusey himself says he does not remember serious labor conflicts. "They were all my friends," he says. "I happen to have liked these people and I knew a lot of them. I was always conscious of the important role every employee played in the institution." A tinge of paternalism may have colored Pusey's remarks and characterized his administration. But, as General Counsel Daniel Steiner '54 points out, fiscal and legal developments of recent years have made the University a more bureaucratic institution...
...taxes on to homeowners? Or, to phrase the question in a more loaded but equally accurate way: Will Big Business's fraudulent advertising campaign convince the citizens of Massachusetts to vote against their economic interests? We hope the answer to both these questions is no. For that to happen, voters must vote yes on Question...
...post higher prices and press for steeper wages just to keep up. Robert Strauss, who was Carter's anti-inflation czar until last week, strong-armed coal mine operators last March to accept a highly inflationary contract (39% increases over three years). Carter might have recognized what would happen: every other union leader, just to prove his manhood and keep his job, would strive to equal or top that figure. Blumenthal, Strauss and Carter himself repeatedly, if sometimes vainly, cajoled the Federal Reserve to keep credit easy and hold down interest rates. The President might have known that bankers...
...leading 53.3% to 46.7%. The poll boasts an impressive record of accuracy dating back to 1932, and Percy last week acknowledged that he is behind. Said he: "It's the anti-incumbency feeling. People are frustrated and angry and want to take it out on someone, and I happen to be around...
...Shaw's typical mode, and one that too many critics and readers have taken literally. A revision is overdue. The experience of going through these resonant tales, remembers the author, was some thing like what is supposed to happen when a man is drowning, as scene after scene of his life passes before his eyes. If the drowning man is devout, it can be imagined that in those final moments he examines the scenes to determine the balance between his sins and his virtues with a view toward eventual salvation. Since l am not particularly devout, my chances...