Word: iceberg
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...noted specialist in labor economics, cites the upturn in the American economy since the 1981-82 recession as a possible explanation for recent university labor gains. However, John W. Wilhelm, the chief union negotiator during the Yale strike, says recent worker activity is "just the tip of the iceberg." Union organizing by clerical workers, who are predominantly women, has its roots in the women's liberation movement beginning in the 1960s, says Wilhelm...
...October 1983, less than a month after the initial reports about Dominguez officials released the results of a University wide survey conducted the previous spring suggesting that that incident was merely the tip of a much larger iceberg. More than one all female respondents reported that they had experienced some form of sexual harassment at Harvard by individuals in positions of authority...
...lacks most of the cinemotographic or humanistic profoundity of Rules of the Game or The Discreet Charms of the Boutgoisie. But as Stanley Cavell will tell you, the true romantic comedy, a roadmap of one couple's pursuit of happiness in this insane world, is in essence an artistic iceberg; nine-tenths out of sight. Movies like American Dreamer will not accrue Star Wars-sized lucre, but enough Americans have good enough taste to give them a shot at profitability. The difficulty is that quality acting, writing, and directing must be invested in the film, and the ad campaign must...
Duke has niftily navigated around the major iceberg of one man shows, the annoying tendency of audiences to become tired of the actor. By switching characters like the Queen switches hats, he keeps each fresh and chirpy. Duke has simply enormous energy as he cavorts about the stage. His timing lags a bit when he assumes a Jeevesian demeanor, but his Wooster is quite rummy, a perfectly charming chump, and his portrayal of Gussie Fink-Nottle, the newt-lover, is rather amphibious...
...nation gets sucked up in the high tech craze, it is becoming clear that something is wrong--dangerously wrong. Many experts warn that the accidents experienced thus far by workers in the computer and silicon chip industries are only the tip of the iceberg. The reason for this gloom: the government has not adequately monitored high tech companies, and it shows no signs of starting to do so. And the companies themselves are using more and more toxic chemicals in the production of technology...