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...breakfast on the 18th of September. This is an unrealistic argument. The reality is that registration occurs on the 18th of September between the hours of 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., and the said letter indicates that if a student "fails to register on the prescribed date [he] will incur a $40 charge and may be subject to disciplinary action." So it is obvious that Harvard openly forces students to arrive on the 18th. It is equally obvious to those who travel that such precision is not always possible. Targeting an arrival in Boston within several days of registration...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Food for Thought | 9/19/1985 | See Source »

...largest settlement of its kind in Navy history, the Pentagon agreed to swallow $484 million of the company's $843 million claim. Veliotis recalls that it was a "wonderful deal" for General Dynamics. Says he: "The Navy gave us the money up front for overruns we had yet to incur, so we had the use of those millions at a time when interest rates were high...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: General Dynamics Under Fire | 4/8/1985 | See Source »

Perhaps steps should be taken to ensure the continuation of this legend. Perhaps a tenure of some sort might be in order, to help defray the enormous phone bills his life's work must incur. Maybe a tour on the lecture circuit, masked of course, would raise the available funds. Anyone who pays to see Daniel Ortega lambast the United States in Spanish would certainly pay to see the Action Man discuss his views on the world situation. He wouldn't have to stay at the Hyatt Regency, either...

Author: By Benjamin N. Smith, | Title: Giving Good Phone | 4/2/1985 | See Source »

...press for more money to feed the state bureaucracy, it is to involve the public in the workers' struggle for advancement. With determination and good luck, a revival in public awareness and concern could lead to many things, among them an unwillingness on the part of growers to incur the general wrath by stalling in court for up to ten years, and increased defense, on the part of the state, of the right to organize and bargain collectively...

Author: By D. Joseph, | Title: More Show Than Solidarity | 3/2/1985 | See Source »

Major acquisitions, though, can have some negative consequences. The debt that companies incur to finance takeovers can reduce their earnings and lower their stock prices. Chevron shares fell to a twelve-month low of 30 last week, partly because of its heavy borrowings...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Corporate Fear and Trembling | 1/14/1985 | See Source »

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