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When drivers aren't praying, they're fasting. Who knew they were an offshoot of the Franciscan monks? As I'm talking to Kyle Petty, the ponytailed shaman among NASCAR drivers, he goes into the refrigerator of his trailer for an energy bar and makes sure it has the right ratio of protein to carbohydrates. "In the trailer park where all the drivers live in their coaches, if you're out of skim milk or tuna, you know what door to knock on, because you know who's on what diet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: NASCAR: Babes, Bordeaux & Billy Bobs | 5/31/1999 | See Source »

...members of the campaign, which is an offshoot of the Progressive Student Labor Movement, sent a letter making their first request to meet with either Rudenstine or Fineberg...

Author: By Dennis C. Lau, | Title: Epps Agrees to Meet Living Wage Protestors | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

...members of the campaign, which is an offshoot of the Progressive Student Labor Movement, sent a letter making their first request to meet with either Rudenstine or Fineberg. Director of Labor and Employee Relations Kim A. Roberts wrote back on Feb. 24 without officially responding to the group's demand that the University set a $10 per hour minimum wage for all its employees...

Author: By Dennis C. Lau, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Epps to Meet `Living Wage' Protesters | 3/2/1999 | See Source »

...rally was organized by the Harvard Living Wage Campaign, an offshoot of the Progressive Student Labor Movement. The campaign mirrors an initiative by the city of Cambridge to establish a "living wage" of $10 an hour for all employees...

Author: By M. DOUGLAS Omalley, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Students Rally Support of Workers | 3/1/1999 | See Source »

Members of SASI, an offshoot of the South Asian Association (SAA), hope to educate the Harvard community about a region inhabited by one-fifth of the world's population. With a sass befitting its anti-establishment stance,SASI members have taken education into their ownhands with letter-writing campaigns and otherpolitical tactics...

Author: By Dafna V. Hochman, | Title: Ethnic Clubs Take A Political Voice | 2/12/1999 | See Source »

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