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...political surprises of the year has been the inability of organized labor to win its way with the Carter Administration or the overwhelmingly Democratic Congress, despite its heavy campaign support of both. A conservative mood in Washington and the efforts of a newly vigorous business lobby have offset AFL-CIO influence. Big Labor failed to persuade Carter to appoint many of its favorites to high Administration posts. The AFL-CIO also suffered a painful defeat when Congress rejected the common-situs picketing bill. Labor leaders blamed the common-situs loss on their own failure to realize how hard a lobbying...
John Maguire, dean of admissions, records and financial aid at Boston College, said last week, "I'm sure that there are schools that have tried to offset economic pressure by over-enrollment." Although B.C. this fall had to temporarily house 94 freshmen in a Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge. Maguire said the college was not over-enrolled. He said the students were placed in the hotel because of an unexpectedly low attrition rate among upperclassmen left a shortage of empty rooms on-campus to house all the freshmen...
Unfortunately, the re-arrival of Curry is offset by the loss of starting quarterback Tim Davenport. Davenport, the riflearmed senior, toiled patiently for the two previous seasons behind King Total Offense Jim Kubacki, and finally gained a starting berth this autumn...
...Laker struck back later in the week by proposing to the British government some revisions in his own plan (Washington's approval is not required). He requested that his baggage weight limit be lifted from 33 to 44 Ibs., equal to what the larger carriers will offer. To offset the bigger lines' advantage of landing at convenient Heathrow Airport, Laker wants to touch down at Gatwick, which is served by rail (though it is still about 40 minutes from London) and more accessible than the far-off Stansted field, where he first proposed to land. He also wants...
...main propellants in the second-quarter advance were increased government spending and capital investment and steady growth in new home construction. They were enough to offset a leveling off in retail sales, which accounted for much of the snap and ginger in the economy in the first quarter...