Word: houre
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...like the policeman they worry about their dwindling numbers. Richardson recalls that when he arrived at Harvard, there were about 50 other watchmen. Now, he says, the number is closer to 30. The University has begun to hire "casual workers" at a rate far less than the $4.74 an hour they pay the guards, and Richardson sees that move as the wave of the future. When the guards meet with University officials this week to negotiate a new contract, the "casual workers" will unquestionably be an issue. (Other B&G workers have already ratified new contract...
...insistent clicking of camera shutters blends in with the polite chattering of typewriters in the background as Henry Rosovsky holds court in the News Office in Holyoke Center. An hour ago, the Faculty of Arts and Sciences approved a new Core Curriculum for undergraduates, marking the end of four years of hard work, bargaining and cajoling for the dean. Now Rosovsky is King of the Hill, exulting in the moment of triumph, the questioning by the major newspaper reporters, the clicking of the shutters. President Bok enters and rewards Rosovsky with a bottle of his favorite cognac; the smile broadens...
...platform to shake hands and say goodbye. Steward Steve Cosmos refuses a tip. "See you in Mexico," says the retired railroad man. "God bless!" says Luther King. That night, in the opulence of the Pontchartrain Hotel, the immobile voyager cannot sleep. He misses the creaks and bleeps and wee-hour talk of yesterday. Or maybe yesteryear? - Michael Demarest
Months passed without comment-or cash-from Chesselet. In February Horsley went to the waitress and demanded $15 for car expenses (15? a mile) and $17 for his time ($8.50 an hour, his minimum rate as a C.P.A.). Sue me, she replied. He did. The trial is set for July, and if Horsley wins, the courts will have added another rule to the complicated dating game...
...missed the point, Zaïre's President Mobutu flew into Paris dressed in camouflage combat fatigues and boots, explaining to reporters that he had just "come back from the front." By that time the front had slipped back across the Angolan border, but no matter. The hero of the hour was President Giscard, who was broadly cheered when he declared, "Africa for the Africans. Everything must be done to withdraw the continent from the rivalries of political blocs." Gabon's President Albert-Bernard (Omar) Bongo, currently head of the Organization of African Unity, declared that Giscard deserved the Nobel Prize...