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...Stevens stockholders meeting, representatives of civil rights, church and labor groups led by Coretta Scott King (the widow of Martin Luther King Jr.) attempted to introduce a resolution demanding data on Stevens's labor practices. The overflow crowd soon turned raucous. In response to the questions and outbursts from the audience, Chairman Finley declared, "This is my meeting and I'm running it." Someone then reminded him that it was supposed to be a stockholders meeting, and Finley apologized. Later, when asked what rules were being used to run the meeting, Finley answered, "Our rules...

Author: By Timothy G. Massad, | Title: Battling the Modern Sweatshops | 5/3/1977 | See Source »

...lawyers should be castrated and all law schools burnt to the ground," Hunter S. Thompson told an overflow crowd of more than 800 that jammed the Law School's Ames Courtroom to hear the self-styled "doctor of gonzo journalism" address the Law School Forum last night...

Author: By Joseph Dalton and Andrew T. Karron, S | Title: Thompson Meets 'Rabble' In Forum at Law School | 4/29/1977 | See Source »

...American boy who, after leading in the early going, dropped out of the race in Newton with a leg problem. Or that of the hectic start at Hopkinton, where the record field of over 3000 runners vied with Paul Newman (making a movie on the race) for the overflow crowd's attention. And I wish I could explain in detail how the Honeywell Computer made sense out of all the names, numbers and times at the finish line, or list even a few of the t-shirt slogans (which ranged from HAPPY BIRTHDAY, MOM to HACK'S BAR to ARTHRITISto...

Author: By Jefferson M. Flanders, | Title: Two Marathon Stories | 4/19/1977 | See Source »

Archibald Cox '34, Williston Professor of Law, last night spoke on the issue of minority admissions programs instituted by many American universities before an overflow audience of 100 in the Straus Common Room...

Author: By John D. Weston, | Title: Cox Discusses Minorities, Law | 3/15/1977 | See Source »

...work for the objective of world peace will never end," Willy Brandt, former chancellor of West Germany, said last night to an overflow crowd of more than 1800 in Kresge Auditorium at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology...

Author: By Ginger A. Aron, | Title: Brandt Lectures at MIT On World Change, Peace | 3/10/1977 | See Source »

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