Word: joints
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Corridor living encouraged a more informal and communal life than that found at the River Houses. Ellen Kellman '76, now pursuing a joint degree in public policy and law, says, "When people hang out with large groups in the halls, they do weird things." This self-mocking humor inspired such institutions as the North House Annual Christmas Matzoh Ball and the pre-exam Quad Howl...
...telling one. The defiant students who marched behind antiwar banners, experimented with drugs and challenged their parents' values during the shake-'em-up days of the 1960s are young adults today. Many of them, and a lot more of their classmates who never chanted a slogan or smoked a joint, are channeling their talents into the corporate world. As they rise in company ranks, these junior executives are presenting some unusual challenges to their bosses, who have had to accommodate new life-styles and non-negotiable demands for increased personal attention, intensive career planning, openness with information. Scratch any chief...
...wages would be about 5% (that is, the rate of productivity increase added to one-half of last year's 6% inflation rate). The plan's authors reason that a hold-down on wages would be the surest means to reduce the inflation rate. As Wallich told Congress's Joint Economic Committee in February: "A considerable body of research indicates that prices in the long run are basically determined by wages...
...very strong marriage." Another problem: it is virtually impossible to leave the office behind. The Grubers, for example, agreed initially that there would be no shop talk at meals. But after "a number of silent dinners," they gave in, and have never regretted it. Indeed, says Marjorie Woods, the joint interest in a job "takes away a lot of the pressure and strain. It's always nice to know you're working with a friend...
...sharing by colleges is by no means universal. For example, when Peter and Sue Ellen Gruber, both now biologists at Mount Holyoke, were looking for jobs, they applied for every possible combination?his, hers, theirs?with separate letters of recommendation to match. But one time they mistakenly sent a joint letter to a college where only Sue Ellen was applying. Recalls Sue Ellen: "When the dean called me for an interview, he said, 'I notice that your husband is a biologist too. What will he do?' All of a sudden, he was backing away. I suggested that he consider both...