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Grabby, Pushy. Outsiders are helping both sides, and an American who says he represents Portuguese interests has advertised for American mercenaries in California. Last week Long Island's Newsday reported that the Congress of Racial Equality has also been trying to recruit black Viet Nam veterans to oppose the M.P.L.A...
Injuries to key personnel have hampered O'Neil's progress with the Harvard freshman crew, which currently stands at 2-3. The Crimson's number one recruit, 6'9" center Mark Kirkland, has been sidelined since the start with an unusual orthopedic injury. The team's top scoring forward, Augie Caimi, sustained a knee cartilage injury in a loss to B.C., and may be lost for the season...
...problems of increasing the representation of women and minorities here are not simple ones. Harvard's minority representation, for instance, is now in excess of the available labor pools, and increases that would go beyond these pools will require strong recruiting at all levels. In order to have more black professors, Harvard also needs to recruit black graduate students and to make every effort to attract tenured black scholars from other institutions. It is the sort of thing that builds on itself: as the University hires more blacks in high position, it becomes perceived as a better place for blacks...
Heavy Casualties. The combined Soviet-Cuban contingent has inflicted heavy casualties on the F.N.L.A. and UNITA forces, despite military support from Zaïre regulars and South African advisers. As a result, Portuguese businessmen are recruiting replacements from the large Portuguese community (400,000 people) in South Africa. That is not the only place where mercenaries are being sought. An ad in the Fresno, Calif., Bee last week advertised for "mercenaries, activities in Africa ... military background a must." The ad was placed by David Bufkin, 38, a crop duster and former G.I. who said he had been hired by "Portuguese...
Last summer, a graduate student in psychology, Joanne Martin, wanted to conduct some pilot experiments for her thesis on relative deprivation. Martin planned to recruit subjects from a summer school psychology class: in return for their participation, she says, she promised to help subjects prepare for their examinations...