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Voiding the contract and starting contract negotiations again would not necessarily guarantee a new agreement that would provide more generous pay and benefits to members of Local 254. The market pressure of competition with outside contractors that generated the harsh conditions of this contract will still be in effect. The union will probably not gain much more clout in negotiating with Harvard...
Clinton and Dole brought different needs to the debate. For Dole it was do or die. He had to hit Clinton hard but without seeming harsh, a conundrum for him all year. From the start it was apparent that Dole the debater would be far smoother than Dole the campaigner. In general he avoided the problems that can make him a quizzical speaker on the stump. He finished his sentences and connected his points. He showed the sense of humor that his aides have advised against as a weapon apt to go off in the wrong direction. When moderator...
...blame welfare for a national decline in morality. Her decision to resign along with Peter B. Edelman, another assistant secretary who is leaving HHS over concerns about the welfare bill, indicates that her ideals are no longer valued in the Clinton administration. In fact, Bane's resignation shows that harsh and ill-conceived but politically popular right-wing social policies are more favored by Clinton than principled, more compassionate and less draconian approaches to America's enduring poverty and welfare dilemmas...
...welfare bill was overly harsh and improperly punitive. But blame for it is due to the bitterly partisan and short-sighted Republican Congress and a handful of Democratic sympathizers...
...software allows the University's maintenance specialists to monitor the phones remotely to ensure they are functioning, and an internal heater will keep the keypad from freezing--a problem which occured during last year's harsh winter...