Word: pittsburgh
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...progressive unionism. Until now, the final decision on major mine contracts was made at the top. Under the plan, the first vote is cast by the Bargaining Council. The schedule then calls for the agreement to be explained to 800 delegates from the local unions at a meeting in Pittsburgh late this week. The delegates will then take the 58-page agreement back to their local headquarters, where it will be explained in great detail to members before they vote. The union hopes to distribute a copy of the contract to each miner for study, and Miller has insisted that...
Pesky will serve as first base coach and batting instructor, returning to uniform after six years with the Boston broadcasting and television crew. He had served as a coach for the Pittsburgh Pirates...
With its innovations, the Pittsburgh authority reports that riders in September were up 12% over a year ago. The national average jumped 7.8%- good, but not up to the results of the system with the Wild Card and the Big Buck...
...they bawl. It takes a man or woman of real integrity to give a B." At American University, 75% of all grades last spring were A's and B's, leading an undergraduate dean to ask for a faculty inquiry. At the University of Pittsburgh, the average grade was C five years...
...pass/fail options in difficult courses, thus reducing the percentage of low letter grades. For their part, many professors started giving higher grades in the late '60s to help students escape the draft, and some have wanted to avoid what they regard as the "punitive" effects of grading. Explains Pittsburgh Dean Robert Marshall: "We're getting away from the old concept that people should be required to jump through hoops." Some instructors are overly aware of the faculty evaluations their students will write at the end of the course. In effect, they are bribing students with good grades...