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Word: hires (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...assault on all things progressive continues, and, as was inevitable, has finally struck at the heart of affirmative action programs. Within months, federal contractors--like Harvard--will almost certainly no longer have to keep detailed records of search efforts that have helped keep them honest in their efforts to hire women and minorities...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Keeping Up The Pressure | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...struggle for truly fair hiring policies and genuine searches for minority and women scholars should be stepped up, too, at Harvard's graduate schools. The Kennedy School's record of affirmative action is particularly abysmal--it has yet to hire one tenured woman or Black, and has had but one female associate professor in its history. Department of Labor scrutiny of the school seems to have diminished in the wake of the Republican takeover, but the University itself should pressure the K-School to step up its searches. With millions of dollars pouring in for the school's new building...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Keeping Up The Pressure | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...maybe George will strike a blow for women's lib and hire the first female manager. Jane Fonda's been wondering how to get herself and the anti-nukes back in the headlines. Tom Hayden coaching at first, Dr. Benjamin Spock at third, and Harvard's George Wald in the bullpen telling the receivers about the little children of El Salvador...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Yanks Need Bush | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...that synfuel development will now be easier because the red tape attached to Government subsidies under the Carter Administration has largely been removed. Explains J.F. Trautschold Jr., general manager of Mobil's synfuels division: "If we had solicited money from the Government, we would have had to hire probably ten more auditors just to meet the Energy Department's demand for information...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Some Setbacks for Synfuels | 9/14/1981 | See Source »

...though, are determined to make successes out of the SEZS, and they have accepted some needed reforms. Government bureaucrats are yielding more and more management control to the visiting capitalists, who can now name their own local bosses in some instances. Soon foreign managers will have the leeway to hire and fire workers. Output was dismal at the Electrical & Electronics Ltd. appliance plant until Owner Y.K. Chen insisted on bringing in his own supervisors to direct the operation. The factory is now run by Yip Shao-Chen, 24, a woman from the ranks of the assembly line...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bold Experiment | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

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