Word: reined
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...Because the administration is so amenable to us, it’s not a contentious relationship,” said Harvard Graduate Student Council Co-President Shaun Rein. “The decision will provide firepower for the people who are really interested [in unionization], but we were the least interested of all the schools at the Ivy Council. We’ve invited people who are pro-union to come [to the Graduate Council], but they haven’t shown...
Harvard’s Graduate Student Council has been divided about whether to explore the possibility of unionization, Rein said, because many believe it is an effective body for relaying concerns to the administration and fear that it might become defunct if a union were formed...
...dilemmas is, if there’s a union, what is our role?,” Rein said. “We wouldn’t do anything...
...rescued from a Taliban ambush by U.S. choppers early last week, according to the Pentagon. The U.S. hopes that Karzai will help persuade the Pashtun not to side with the Taliban against the Uzbeks, Tajiks and Hazaras. But for that to happen, Washington must rein in the worst excesses of their ethnic foes, once Northern Alliance fighters sweep into the Pashtun tribal lands...
...surprise, surprise! Hollywood marketers are shrewd. Wary of tainting the (so far) starry-eyed image of Harry as innocent youth, unblemished by hype, Warner Bros. is exercising an extremely tight rein on movie marketing—choosing only Coca-Cola as their global licensing partner. Despite the preponderance of Potter products in (and being snatched from) stores, the studio has also shielded Radcliffe and his cohorts from press and paparazzi—the confidentiality surrounding the cast and crew of Sorcerer’s Stone puts Kubrick’s and Spielberg’s top-secret A.I. to shame...