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Word: leveler (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...think quite clearly, universities across thecountry are finding it more and more difficult tofill senior level faculty positions. In thatregard, Harvard is no different from many otherhigher education institutions across the country,"Quincy said...

Author: By Teresa A. Mullin, | Title: New Affirmative Action Director Announced | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

Approximately 20 members of Painters District Council 35, Local 577, began to picket certain Harvard-owned buildings on July 22. The union claimed that contractors hired by the University were using nonunion laborers, of which some were illegal aliens, and paying them wages well below the union level...

Author: By Julio R. Varela, | Title: Painters Union Ends Picket After Talks With University | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...military, whose relations with Duarte were often strained, is gearing up for new fighting. A series of high-level changes, announced in Duarte's absence, put hard-line officers in charge of five out of six brigades as well as the intelligence and personnel branches of the armed forces. If the right- wing Nationalist Republican Alliance party wins the presidency next June, as is widely predicted, analysts expect the army to launch an all-out campaign against the FMLN...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: El Salvador Bitter End | 8/8/1988 | See Source »

...purposes of the program is "a reduction of anxiety" among people with disabilities, so that they are not afraid to ask questions about how to use this new technology, and to seek help. "It opens up the ability to make requests," Thornburgh says. "All accessibility is about is a level playing field...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: A Brave New World for the Disabled | 8/5/1988 | See Source »

...languished at $3.35 an hour, and the purchasing power it provides, ravaged by inflation, has dropped steadily: in 1975 dollars, it is worth only $1.55. A breadwinner earning $3.35 an hour would have to work 52 hours a week every week just to clear the $9,044 official poverty level for a family of three...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Incredible Shrinking Paycheck | 8/1/1988 | See Source »

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