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...Junior ROTC. But society got a far greater payoff," Powell later wrote in his 1995 autobiography, My American Journey. "Inner-city kids, many from broken homes, found stability and role models in Junior ROTC. They got a taste of discipline, the work ethic, and they experienced pride of membership in something healthier than a gang...
Striking has a long and venerable history in America, and though union membership has shrunk in the last few decades, the demonstrable power of the strike has not. One need only look to the baseball strike of 1994 or the United Parcel Service strike in the summer of 1997 to see how persuasive a strike can be to recalcitrant management...
...agreement, which already has the blessing of the University’s central administration, will likely be ratified by the SEIU’s full membership tomorrow, union officials said...
Some here say the country not only can stay out but should. The populist Swiss People's Party (SVP), a longtime proponent of isolationism that has a strong following in some rural areas, argues that U.N. membership would jeopardize Switzerland's cherished neutrality, sovereignty and democracy and turn it into a lackey of bigger, more powerful nations. As a member state, the party warns, Switzerland could be forced by the Security Council to take part in international sanctions and military actions. "We would also lose the right to have our own foreign policy and diplomatic relations," says Ulrich Schl...
...Switzerland never joined before? When the organization first came to Geneva in 1946, postwar fear of communism was rife and the cautious Swiss decided to stay outside. In a 1986 referendum, 76% of voters rejected membership; distrust of the Soviets, as well as political squabbles between superpowers, was blamed for the defeat. Today, Nordmann says, "the international environment is different and the U.N is different. We can no longer hide behind the shield of neutrality...