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...time has come for a little historical perspective. Labor unrest has been as American as apple pie, hot dogs and home runs since 1636. In that benighted year, well before any of the aforementioned institutions -- including the very nation itself -- had been invented, the gentlemen who owned the fishing boats on Richmond Island, off the coast of Maine, imposed the first known salary cap. In their wisdom, they withheld all the wages of their crews for an entire year, a hardball move if ever there was one. Not surprisingly, the fishermen went on strike. Since then there have been tens...
African-American traditions are being "sacrificed on the altar of American culture, which causes us to sell our souls for a bigger piece of the American pie," Butts added...
...North House Committee held its first Quad-wide Olympics Sunday, featuring 11 unconventional events ranging from pie-throwing to balloon-shaving...
Yale was somewhat more reticent, as Director of Public Affairs Gary Fryer said the academic community takes the survey "with a grain of salt, and a rather large grain at that." Humble pie apparently must be seasoned to individual institutional tastes...
...sanctions are imposed, Japan will make it even harder for U.S. companies struggling to make inroads into the tough Japanese market. Meanwhile, in July the U.S. merchandise trade deficit surged to its second highest level in history: $11 billion. Yup, Japan accounted for the largest slice of that deficit pie...