Word: naderized
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...RALPH NADER, the consumer advocate, launched a campaign against the University this fall to democratize and liberalize its administration. But democracy in any realistic form is at least two steps away. First, the administration must come to the realization that the community-at-large benefits from and demands a chance to debate publicly and formally matters relating to investment policy and undergraduate education. Then they must allow broader access to the information essential to a wide public discussion of the important issues before the University...
Despite the changes taking place, antismoking lobbyists continue to press for stricter limitations on smoking in the workplace. Last week the American Public Health Association and Ralph Nader's Public Citizen Health Research Group petitioned the Occupational Safety and Health Administration to impose an emergency rule that would eliminate or restrict smoking in virtually all indoor work sites. While the Government is not expected to take any immediate action, the pressure is sure to grow. Smokers, after all, make up a shrinking minority. Nonsmokers, like any other large majority, know the numbers -- and the clout -- are increasingly on their side...
...committee comes in response to a petition last month signed by 1085 students and organized by Harvard Watch, an activist organization sponsored by Ralph Nader, and the student Committee on University Practices...
...burgeoning amount of fast food that Americans now eat. Annual per capita french-fry consumption alone, for example, has increased from 2 lbs. in 1960 to 14 lbs. in 1984, according to Michael Jacobson, executive director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest. Jacobson, the Ralph Nader of the fast-food industry, thinks McDonald's ought to offer some broiled food instead of fried, and points out that the company has been slow to offer such low-fat fare as baked potatoes and salad bars. But McDonald's is finally starting to cater to the salad set. Right...
...President] Derek Bok rejected us. Ralph Nader has yet to respond. We didn't even try to get Secretary of Education William Bennett," Grover said...