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BEFORE WE all breathe easy over escaping 1984 without visits to latter-day Room 101's or the introduction of synthetic gin, perhaps we ought to take just one more look at the year that was. Overall, as everyone knows, was writing about Stalinism and its evils, which we in the U.S. and others around the world--including in the Soviet Union--have managed to escape so far. But, as the author told friends and critics repeatedly, the book is also about the possible deterioration of Christian republics. One of Orwell's consumptive predictions, given to the noted critic William...
...union-busting companies? The gains of unionization may be debated, but the question remains. The fact that the company has cruelly treated its striking employees and violated the fundamental principles of corporate-labor relations set down in the New Deal also remain. President Bok and the Harvard Corporation ought to openly, publicly, and immediately debate selling stock in this company. They have a responsibility to invest ethically and an ethical duty to at least consider divestiture...
...Harvard wrestling team used a study break this weekend long enough to wrestle three matches, and if its members fare it will in the upcoming exams, most of them ought to wind up somewhere around Group...
...contestants Oklahoma (9-1-1) and Washington (10-1), along with the presiding NBC network, count themselves on the side of the majority. The Cougars' weakness is the WAC, unfortunate shorthand for the Western Athletic Conference, which B.Y.U. has dominated for nine years. At the same time, it ought to be noted, Pitt was ranked third back when the season commenced for the Cougars in Pittsburgh, 20-14, and the WAC team no better than third in the conference, Air Force, has trimmed Notre Dame three years straight...
...took," Rickover admitted on the CBS program 60 Minutes last week. "So did others. I don't deny it." But "the question that ought to be asked," insisted Rickover, "is, Did I ever favor General Dynamics or any other contractor?" In fact, Rickover was known for leaning on contractors to meet deadlines, budgets and quality specifications. It was he who triggered a formal investigation of General Dynamics for cost overruns in 1978. The probe, carried out by the Justice Department, produced no indictments and was dropped...