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...appeal would send yet another hostile signal to the employees. First, the employees voted for the union; then Harvard attempted to reject their choice. Now that a federal judge has confirmed the union victory, the University owes it to employees to respect that decision and show a willingness to negotiate a contract...
...mujahedin will need all their reserves next spring, when the end of winter will signal the final push on Kabul. Massoud told TIME he intends to cut off major highways into the capital, then take on outlying garrisons. At the same time, he plans to launch a campaign of disruption inside Kabul in an effort to spark a popular uprising as food grows scarce. "We have put considerable effort into organizing the resistance inside the cities," he explains, "and we now have an extensive underground network." In the meantime, Jamiat and other resistance groups are keeping up the pressure...
Whoa. Kill members of one protected species to save three of another? What was going on here? In his nightly commentary, NBC's John Chancellor singled out the sound of the whales' labored breathing, a reminder of another mammal's desperate urge to live, as the signal that triggered the national flood of empathy. But there was something more at work. Once the whales entered America's living rooms, they became, in effect, giant pets. Nicknamed, anthropomorphized and even serenaded by guitars, the whales prompted straight- faced comparisons with last year's dramatic rescue of Jessica McClure from a Texas...
...final ruling on Runyon, due later this term, might signal the court's attitude toward other civil rights cases this term. In one, Richmond v. J.A. Croson Co., the Justices will pronounce on an affirmative-action "set aside" plan drawn up by the city of Richmond that requires city contractors to subcontract 30% of the dollar value of their contracts to minority firms. One of the main issues is whether Richmond can impose such a plan if there is no evidence that the city itself has ever discriminated. Invalidating the plan could jeopardize similar set-aside arrangements around the country...
...State President P.W. Botha of South Africa, a big turnout in black townships for the Oct. 26 elections would signal that blacks have accepted his offer of power sharing as an alternative to revolution. So in an effort to get out the black vote, Botha's government has swollen registration lists, declared it illegal to call for a boycott, and banned major black organizations that have opposed the polling...