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...people of Lawrenceburg, Tenn. (pop. 15,000), have one word they want to holler at Electrolux, the Stockholm-based appliance maker: Nej! The term (pronounced nay) is Swedish for no and expresses the intense local resentment toward Electrolux's two-month-old effort to buy Murray Ohio Manufacturing, a Tennessee bicycle and lawn-mower manufacturer that employs 2,900 workers at its Lawrenceburg plant...
...Murray officers and employees contend that foreign ownership might harm the familial character of the company, which is still partly owned by descendants of Founder C.W. Hannon. In protest, workers have gathered more than 5,000 signatures, erected GO MURRAY billboards and even staged a pep rally starring Country Singer Larry Gatlin. The firm's board has rejected Electrolux's offers of $48 and $52 a share, but Wall Street investors think Electrolux is prepared to offer even more. Anticipating another bid, they sent Murray's stock to a high of $64 last week...
With a handful of scientists and journalists who were also appalled at the easy acceptance of Geller's claims, Randi founded CSICOP, the Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal, which today includes such luminaries as Astronomer Carl Sagan, Nobel Laureate Physicist Murray Gell-Mann and Psychologist B.F. Skinner. As CSICOP's point man, Randi sought out TV producers and editors and demonstrated that he could duplicate Geller's feats simply by using distraction and sleight of hand. Geller soon came a cropper. During a disastrous 22-minute appearance on the Tonight show, he failed to perform...
...travels has expanded since high school days, and international trips have become almost habitual. Rodriguez has studied in Moscow, West Berlin and Poland. And the Sherman Fellowship she won her sophomore year will take her to Leningrad after graduation. Her long list of honors includes the Radcliffe Murray Fellowship and the Lowe Foundation Fellowship, as well as two awards from outside organizations--one from the American Council of Teachers of Russians, and one from the Council on International Educational Exchange...
During her tenure as president of Radcliffe College, Horner created the Murray Research Center, the Bunting Institute to support female scholars, and she expanded the Schlesinger Library for women's studies. Many credit her with turning Radcliffe into the foremost research institute for the study of women's issues and for making these inquiries accepted by the Harvard community...