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Einaudi's choice for the number-one part of her Harvard career might surprise some people on campus. She is, after all, the premier feminist of her class, a mover and shaker par excellence. What about the "Take Back the Night" march for women's security, the push for women's studies on campus, the campaign for tenured women faculty, the fight against sexual harassment, the year as president of the Radcliffe Union of Students...
...immense relief to undergraduates. The most important result of the College's change of heart is the removal of the threat of inconvenience and extra costs to students. But the broader significance of last week's announcement lies in the promise it offers the Undergraduate Council--the prime mover behind the change for becoming an effective-force in College life...
...terms in the House. She has spoken out in favor of benefits for the elderly and sympathy for the poor and minorities. Despite New Jersey's dependence on heavy industry, she has taken farsighted stands on environmental issues--although, as in other areas, she has not been a prime mover behind significant legislation. In fact, Fenwick can claim few substantive accomplishments as a representative. Her chief solo achievement has been to win a minor revision in tax laws which previously penalized married people who both work...
...form of special pleading. Fortunately, these episodes are not the whole story, merely parts of an epic that embraces 1,000 years of second-string citizenship. The novel's heroes are all named George Mills, from the Greatest Grandfather, an 11th century Northumbrian stableboy, to a furniture mover in East St. Louis...
...have to fight again another day, then we'll fight again another day," insisted Jesse Helms, the conservative North Carolina Republican who lost a bit of his reputation as a mover and shaker in the Senate by failing to win passage of the antiabortion bill. "We're closer to victory than ever before." But others felt that the movement had come as close as it ever will. "This was the last great push for the Moral Majority types," said Senator Bob Packwood, the moderate Oregon Republican who led the bipartisan filibuster against Helms. "They've peaked...