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...kind of guy you wanted on your side of the table. Savvy, funny, easygoing and biting toward adversaries, Douglas Fraser, president of the United Auto Workers from 1977 to 1983, took on issues ranging from rising health costs to encroaching competition from Japanese carmakers and managed to win the respect of workers and Big Three executives alike. The UAW's deep concessions during the economically challenging years of his tenure angered many. But the Scottish-born labor leader, who got his start as a local leader in the '40s, won more than he lost, including landmark comprehensive health care...
Should celebrities use their stardom to influence voters? -Sofia Canbolat, Rotterdam, The NetherlandsSure. People can listen to a host of influences and still make their own decisions. I'm always interested to hear who the people I respect are voting for. Gloria Steinem wrote this Op-Ed in the New York Times that influenced me toward Senator Hillary Clinton...
...years later, she found herself assigned to the paper’s Washington bureau as the Supreme Court correspondent—a beat she has held ever since.Greenhouse’s seniority and studied attention to her subject matter made her an object of tremendous respect among her colleagues in Washington, said Jeffrey R. Toobin ’82 a former Crimson editorial chair who covers the courts for The New Yorker magazine.Never was Greenhouse’s influence more evident, Toobin said, than the December evening when the Supreme Court passed its ruling on the contentious 2000 presidential...
...rural district of Kepala Batas, home to Malaysia's Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. The locals of Kepala Batas, located in western Malaysia's Penang state, consider Abdullah, whose ruling National Front coalition is contesting the March 8 general elections, a kindly, avuncular presence. But their real respect appears to be reserved for his father and grandfather, both noted Islamic clerics. Indeed, one of the main streets in town is named after Abdullah's father, Ahmad Badawi. A grilled-fish vendor named Ibrahim Anwar, coping with the lunchtime rush near Ahmad Badawi Avenue, is befuddled when asked why he plans...
...resignation of a village chief. The demonstration began almost casually, with families picnicking or resting beneath the shade of a banyan tree. But tempers rose with the broiling midday heat. A squad of policemen armed with machine guns arrived and took up a position opposite the protesters. "Please respect our suffering," a man shouted through a loudspeaker. A scuffle broke out between police and protesters, and the policemen surged forward, kicking and pushing the scattering demonstrators. One of the protest's leaders explained that the police had previously exercised restraint when dealing with them. "We carry out our protests...