Word: holding
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...when students are widely accused of lukewarm activism, or worse, political apathy, we should hold contemporary activists tactics and the protests of 1969 up to a common standard--that of successes won and changes effected...
Those who hold up the seizure of University Hall as a paradigmatic model for campus movements cannot fail to be disappointed by the low-intensity, low-visibility activism that characterizes the University today. With a few notable exceptions, such as last year's sit-in at the office of Law School Dean James Vorenberg '49, campus activism at Harvard usually takes the form of unglamorous, nuts-and-bolts work, be it in the union office or homeless shelter. But who can say that these types of activism are any less valid or socially productive than shutting down the University...
...there you have it folks. Direct from Valdez, Alaska, Dawn really does "take grease out of your way." Twenty dollars says that it will be only a matter of weeks before the Madison Avenue ad agency in charge of the Dawn account gets a hold of these quotes and we see a new nation-wide Dawn media blitz...
...under Stalin as an "enemy of the people." Before the curtain rises, the audience sits in darkness while voices screech Stalinist slogans over a loudspeaker. Then an imposing photo of Stalin is projected onto a black curtain. Finally, a spotlight sweeps over the audience, stopping now and then to hold first one person, then another and another in its sudden white glare...
...primary obstacle for managers trying to balance their books is their inability to set prices. By dictating everything from salaries to the price of finished goods, Moscow planners rob factories of any incentive to hold down costs or make a profit. For example, the prices of labor and raw materials are kept so artificially low that factory managers live in a financial fantasy land. "Right now factory managers don't know when they're doing a good job. They can say they're profitable even though they're selling tractors for $2,000 when they should be selling them...