Word: kirklander
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...midst of 1982's record unemployment, which last week reached a new 41-year high of 9.8%, it was not particularly happy with Jimmy Carter in the White House either. In 1980 Carter got labor's nod, but after the election, AFL-CIO President Lane Kirkland urged that his federation change its political approach to avoid facing "a choice between Dracula and Frankenstein." Last week the AFL-CIO moved to prevent a horror show...
...Kirkland argued that if labor leaders waited until several key primaries had taken place, they would be "surrendering before we have a chance to have a go at it." Still, even union officials who like the idea admit that there is no guarantee that an AFL-CIO endorsement will bind every local. "I can't stand here and tell you that no one will jump the traces," said William Winpisinger, president of the machinists. Nonetheless, union officials believe that Reaganomics will provide reason enough to keep everyone in line. Recent polls indicate that union members who voted for Reagan...
...Institute is sponsored by Harvard and the College Board. Sessions will be held at Kirkland House and the Kennedy School of Government...
Michael R. Schubert '82, Kirkland House resident, itinerant Philosophy major, daring of Harvard's musical theatre crowd, has been a big fish in small ponds for many years now. As the self-proclaimed "hot-shit composer" of Highland Park High in the Chicago suburbs, he co-wrote and wrote three original allows. Here, he has written five shows, including three consecutive Pudding shows (the all-time record) and, by his reckoning, more than 100 songs...
...nice way to leave," the Kirkland House resident said. "When I came here I was the only female diver and in my final meet there were four of us in the finals...