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...three-year agreement provides for a total 11-per-cent wage increase over the next three years, Richard Monahan, business manager for the electricians Local 103, said yesterday, adding that the settlement was "very reasonable...
Although he has a gem of a tailback in Rick Villella, out for much of last season with a rib injury, he has little depth in the backfield, Carbone threw for 895 yards and had a 53.5-per-cent completion ratio last year, but lost topflight receiver Mark Farnham to graduation. But the Bruins will be strong up front, led by hulking senior Jon McCabe...
...delegates who were in fact hand-screened by Carter's campaign organization before their election feel they want to change their preference, that probably signifies there is reason for a change. Delegates must be empowered to decide whether a "Billygate" or a 21-per-cent approval rating in the polls is serious enough to justify scrapping an incumbent president, or whether such a decision requires a scandal of Watergate proportions. With an open convention rule defeated, delegates are bound not only to candidates, but also to a stifling--perhaps even intolerable--status...
Even given a substantial margin of error, however, the numbers indicate that the government's drive to register men may fall far short of the Selective Service's stated goal of 98-per-cent compliance nationwide. Anti-draft activists have estimated that about 15 per cent of the four million men they asked to register would refuse...
...while the Crimson has a long way to go before it catches the voracious Tigers, it has taken many steps in the right direction. In 1978-79, for example, the Crimson men placed third in the overall standings, mustering a .511 winning percentage. A 6-per-cent gain in one year is remarkable (although Princeton lifted its winning per-centage by an awesome 13.6 per cent...