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While the term African-American does represent an advance in the continual evolution toward a true identity for a people whose ancestors were forcibly brought to this hemisphere by Europeans, forcibly held in slave labor and forcibly mixed in racial composition, it may be imprecise, or equivocal at best...
Fortunately, the University has held to its unspoken promise. Harvard has so far taken extra steps to work with the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) before it is required to during contract negotiations. Earlier this month the University and HUCTW resolved to work together on a grievances committee. And for the past two months the two groups have been getting to know one another in a series of transition meetings...
...heart of all such homes is a small computer that can link any number of kitchen appliances, security devices, and TV and stereo components. That computer can receive signals from telephones, hand-held controllers or touch- sensitive video screens. One tap on the screen of a typical system brings up a schematic diagram of the house. Another tap produces a display of the air temperature in every room. By selecting from a series of menu choices, the homeowner can tell the house to heat the bedrooms to a comfy 72 degrees F while leaving the rest of the rooms...
...wall socket in the kitchen. Then he or she could set the oven temperature and its start and stop time by using a CEBus controller. That could be a telephone linked to the house's electrical system, a home computer plugged into a wall socket or a remote hand-held controller that beams infrared rays to an outlet. Last week Bell Atlantic announced plans to test a new system that uses standard phones to control a wide variety of household functions...
...Maccabiah Games are held every four years. Over 40 countires will participate in this year's games, which run from June 25 to July...