Word: membership
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Perhaps the most surprising aspect of last week's election was not Harvard's victory, but the fact that the vote took place at all. When District 65, a New York-based union with a membership of about 25,000, first cast its eye on Harvard three years ago, few observers believed the union could organize the workers in the face of the University's high-powered opposition. As the union drive wore on, their skepticism seemed justified; Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, relied on an expensive team of Ropes and Grey lawyers to tie up District...
...October War, Moshe Dayan was widely blamed for the military's lack of preparedness. Although officially cleared of blame by an investigative commission, he has still lived under something of a cloud of reproach. Washington was reasonably content with the appointment of Dayan, who gave up his membership in the Labor Party to join the coalition. The one-eyed hero of the 1956 Sinai campaign is regarded as a tough but imaginative negotiator. There is less enthusiasm for the new Defense Minister, former Air Force Chief Ezer Weizman, 53, the hawkish nephew of Israel's first President, Chaim...
...Chicago, the top spot is Zorine's, described by Interior Decorator (and minor partner) Richard Himmel as "a neighborhood saloon for rich people." Though membership costs $350 plus $75 annual dues, the club claims 2,400 cardholders. Zorine...
...Angeles, the newest place is Dillon's, which has four floors (one loud); on each, patrons can monitor the action elsewhere on closed-circuit TV. The most elegant disco is still 4½-year-old Pip's, whose members are hand-picked by the board of directors (membership costs $1,000, plus $30 monthly dues). We live in a status world, and Pip's is status," says Stan Herman, a Beverly Hills realtor who founded the place with Playboy Publisher Hugh Hefner. Couples who join sign contracts providing for a second membership at the price...
...Francisco's fizziest is four-month-old Mumm's, a members-only disco (membership $200), so-called because the owner wanted a "French-type name that was easy to remember." It is frequented by such celebrities as Patty Hearst, John Havlicek, Alex Haley, Cicely Tyson and Mayor George Moscone...