Word: shopped
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Bryant sits forward in his chair again, always ready to talk shop. He points to the major problem which he will leave the library system--soon to be under Oscar Handlin, Pforzheimer University Professor. Harvard's tradition of excellence must not be sacrificed to multiplying costs, he insists. "In a library like Harvard's, whose expenditures are much larger than any University in the world, there is a necessity to maintain our commitments to collecting." From a man who first got interested in library work while dissecting German war papers at Stanford's Hoover Institution, this feeling comes...
...brunt of it to the extent of being fired. We united around Brother Sherman then because we know that he was part of us and he was taking on the attack meant for us all. Today we feel sadness in our hearts because part of us has passed away. Shop Stewards Committee for members of Local-'6 Harvard Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Employees Union...
Holcombe's courageous stand--at a time when he could not count on any union support--encouraged other workers to speak out against similar discrimination, and helped to publicize their rights as union members. Holcombe also served as the union chief shop steward and fought successfully to redress some of these injustices in union contracts. As Alan Balsam, former shop steward, said, "His contributions to workers will be felt for a long, long time...
...passenger train is certainly not a true alternative to the private automobile. How many people take a train to shop for groceries? Nor are Europe and Japan able to operate "fast, comfortable and dependable" trains without large government subsidies...
...music department, for instance, rates oboists and violinists by ability and the orchestra's need for them. That evening Rogers meets with the hockey coach to review 82 prospects. Picking up the application of a defenseman from Canada, Rogers reads his courses aloud: "English, auto mechanics, consumer math, shop ..." He looks for the essay. There is none; instead, the candidate has enclosed his team's player program, listing goals, assists, penalty minutes. Rogers shakes his head and starts reading another folder. "Bingo!" he cries. " A's and B's, 600 boards...