Word: labeling
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Despite these rulings, however, District 65 leaders continue to criticize Harvard for what they label as anti-union tactics. They used yesterday's meeting at the Med School's Vanderbilt dormitory as much to reiterate their claims as to call attention to their latest unionization effort...
...concerns about Communism in Central America. Any government in Latin America that defends its natural resources or tries to make a dramatic break with its colonialist past is immediately slapped with a label. That is one thing that keeps Americans from seeing the pluralism that exists in Nicaragua...
...recording industry, which had previously spent lavishly on high living and frills, has been drastically cutting back. The chairman of Warner Communications' Elektra/Asylum label was moved aside in January, and the subsidiary's headquarters was transferred from Los Angeles to New York City to cut expenses. The CBS/Records Group, which together with Warner commands 45% of the market, closed down a record-and tape-manufacturing plant in Terre Haute, Ind., and has laid off some 1,500 employees. Says Group President Walter Yetnikoff: "It used to be that if any artist said, 'I want a billboard...
While it is too early to label the recovery a sure thing, a number of trends are running in the industry's favor. With the recession winding down, consumer spending is picking up. Records now come in more economical sizes. Twelve-inch "dance singles" that feature extended versions of hit songs sell for as little as $3.49, and mini-albums that carry half as many songs as regular albums sell for about $4.49, instead of $6.29 to $7.99. At the same time, the appeal of coin-operated video games seems to be wearing off. Arcades that compete with...
...groups seem harder to unionize than freelance writers: the very label conveys an aura of individualism, and many freelancers approach getting published less as a job than as a spiritual quest. But last week a fledgling National Writers Union framed a constitution and elected officers from among 1,500 dues-paying members, including Novelist Kurt Vonnegut and Journalist Studs Terkel. Said President Andrea Eagan, a feminist writer: "Without top names we would be like a baseball union without Reggie Jackson...