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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...adds that the church-linked businesses do, in fact, pay their workers well above the minimum wage. But he--like everyone else--does not deny the money is flowing back to the church. In all towns where the Unification Church's fisheries opeate, the church workers live in communal houses--often mansions--purchased by Moon for the use of the work force...

Author: By David A. Demilo, | Title: God's Catch | 9/19/1979 | See Source »

...able to monitor weapons development deep inside the Soviet Union when it could get caught by surprise by a Soviet combat brigade 90 miles from Florida? Suddenly and improbably, what should have been a minor diplomatic squabble with the Soviets?one that could have been handled quietly and with minimum strain?had escalated into a major domestic political issue, strained U.S.-Soviet relations and endangered SALT II. Gloated Senator Henry (Scoop) Jackson, an avowed SALT foe: "Unless I have misread the mood of my colleagues, SALT II is dead unless those Soviet troops are taken out of Cuba...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Storm over Cuba | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

...will "provide the maximum amount of access, safety and convenience to people coming to see the pope at a minimum of disruption to the city," White said. The city is providing more than 1000 parking spaces for buses and is arranging extra off-street space, he added...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: White Bans Cars For Pope's Visit | 9/17/1979 | See Source »

Harvard has nine salary grades for non-exempt employees (workers who must be paid overtime for working more than 40 hours a week under the Fair Labor Standards Act). Cantor says the largest sectors are grades three to five, where the wages range from a minimum of $667 monthly in grade three to a maximum of $1070 in grade five for a 35-hour work week. A beginning secretarial job may be grade three, and a beginning research assistant's job is grade five. Merit--the quality of employees' work and their assumption of additional duties--determines promotion to higher...

Author: By Susan K. Brown, | Title: Nine to Five in Harvard's Halls | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

...course calls for mastery of German and Tatar recommends a minimum of three to four years high school or two years of college German. But she still maintains that the course is "in the spirit of the Core." Though the stiff language requirement cuts down sharply the course enrollment--Tatar expects no more than 20--the class still has a broad enough appeal to qualify as a Core course...

Author: By Susan C. Faludi, | Title: Professors Flesh Out the Core | 9/14/1979 | See Source »

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