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This seemed to contradict what I had read in the Times, which actually implicated increased productivity as one of the main reasons for massive downsizing and economic instability. In the first of the seven articles, the paper reports, "The steady and pronounced progress of technology has kept taking tasks from human beings and giving them to machines, undermining the bedrock notion of mass employment." It cites such examples as General Motors, which can make as many cars today with 185,000 fewer employees than in the 1970s. "Behind every A.T.M. flutter the ghost of three human tellers," the Times wrote...
COLUMBUS, OHIO: In a marked switch from his previous conciliatory tone, likely GOP presidential nominee Bob Dole Friday called stubborn delegate-poor contender Pat Buchanan "a commentator, not a candidate," and dismissed Buchanan's accusations that Dole has no new ideas. Buchanan Thursday kept speculation alive that he might start a third-party movement if the Republican party takes a "sharp turn to the left." Dole had kinder words for Steve Forbes, whom he said brought a useful message to the campaign in his flat tax proposal. Forbes withdrew from the race after a dismal performance on Super Tuesday, endorsing...
Nevertheless, Harvard (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) kept B.C. (0-1) at bay. A goal by senior Carrie Shumway right off the draw opened the scoring for the Crimson, and a pair of goals by senior Erin Cleary made...
...Tracy was the iron man denying goals, sophomore Henry Higdon was the equivalent in terms of scoring them (see story, this page). Higdon kept the goal judge busy in the three games, as he scored five goals, including both game-winners, and assisted on another...
...book was not simply a convenient reference manual. In many ways, it represented the beginning of a revolution in women's health. In contrast to an atmosphere in medicine in which diseases such as breast cancer were kept a secret, research was often based on the bodies of men and doctors often did not expect that women could be partners in their health care decisions, the book has enabled countless women to become proactive in determining the direction of their health care. It has encouraged them to truly make the demand for recognition of their personal health needs into...