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...minutes into the second half the Crimson caught fire, stretching its three point intermission bulge into a gaping 13-point advantage. Brown coach Joe Mullaney called three time-outs spaced only two minutes apart, but the interruptions did not squelch the surging Harvard hoopsters...
...medical profession saw women as inherently ill in the 19th century or as psychologically pathological in the 20th, they seem to cavalierly attribute malicious motives to doctors, suggesting they are the vanguard of a sexist society. These doctors, Ehrenreich and English contend, seek out rebelliousness among women and squelch it by spiriting away the sick patient before she can express her protest. The doctors "betrayed the trust" innocent women placed in them. By focusing on the theories and treatments the doctors invented to keep women in their place, the authors evade an analysis of the processes of social repression...
...administration's seven-year tenure Harvard has employed a combination of legal expertise and an aggressive and intimidating bargaining style to either deflect or squelch labor discontent. Harvard's experienced legal staff delayed organizing efforts in the Medical Area and at Harvard's teaching hospitals with a long series of court battles. When delaying tactics fail, the University often resorts to subtle intimidation, perfectly legal, of course. In the case of organizing efforts at the teaching hospitals, Harvard filed a lawsuit against the director of the union, accusing him of assault--a charge the judge later threw out of court...
Secretary of State Cyrus Vance, 61, and National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski, 50,* came into office good friends and close colleagues-and they were determined to remain so. They have stepped in to squelch attempts by their underlings to pick fights between the State Department and the National Security Council. The two men have roughly equal access to the President: Brzezinski briefs him early every morning, while Vance's last official act of the day is usually to prepare a confidential memo on late developments for Carter's bedtime reading. But Vance and Brzezinski have had their differences...
...price of wheat and corn would about double, cattle would go up 69% and hogs 47%. Doing that, warn Government agricultural experts, would bust the budget, raise domestic supermarket prices and squeeze U.S. farm products out of foreign markets. But the Carter Administration has made no effort to squelch the farmers' protests or strike plans. Says Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland: "I've talked to the President. The protests are a legitimate expression of concern. We're watching with sympathy and interest...