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With the merger committee apparently out of commission, Ernest R. May, professor of History and Dean of the College, tried once more to prod the Faculty toward resolving the merger issue in the winter of '69-'70. He opened the floor of the Faculty meeting in February to debate on the merger, but few could think of anything substantial to say. So Constable moved to set up a merger committee. Or so the Faculty minutes claim. Constable doesn't remember this either...
...possibly be more concerned about safety." But even Daugherty concedes that two subtle kinds of pressure are at work as huge and enormously expensive aircraft development projects go forward. One is from the outside as politicians, mainly Congressmen anxious to bring jobs and business to their districts, gently prod top FAA officials to expedite the process of approving a new plane's design and flight results. Another is what Daugherty calls "peer pressure": company engineers seeking to impress FAA examiners with their expertise in order to nudge a project along a shade faster than might be wise...
...take as the negotiations proceed, but there is a limit to how much Teamsters President Frank Fitzsimmons can bend. If he stays firm and wins a big settlement, that may help him fight off small but growing and vocal dissident movements within his union. The insurgent groups-Washington-based PROD Inc. and the Teamsters for a Democratic Union in Detroit-aim to wrest control of the scandal-scarred union's leadership. The rebels want more democracy and a cleanup...
...week. Whether the patient talks about problems, fears and dreams, or simply free associates?voicing any thoughts that come to mind?the theory is that his unconscious difficulties will gradually break through into conscious thought. The analyst is generally passive and silent, offering no advice and speaking only to prod the patient into uncovering more nuggets from the inner recesses of the mind. The key to the Freudian "cure" is transference?the analyst replaces some crucial figure in the patient's background, usually a parent?and the patient eventually re-experiences blocked emotions and frees himself of the past...
...increase at least 15% by year's end. That would lead at a minimum to a halfpoint jump in consumer prices because oil is used not only for fuel but also as a raw material in chemicals, synthetic fibers and many other products. Rising fuel charges also will prod workers to demand more pay, which businessmen will pass on in higher prices. And as more dollars flow abroad, the greenback's value will tend to slump against other currencies, and Americans will wind up paying more for imports. The impact on the U.S. trade deficit, which last year...