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Members of the Quality of Life Committee who have taken stands on the issue of stopping Radcliffe, are working to draw as many citizens to the meeting as they can. Their eventual goal, however, is to stall Radcliffe long enough to change the state law, yet another tactic in the continuing battle to "save the hill...
...Observatory Hill property, the building permit would be held up even longer, Richard McKinnon, administrative assistant to the City Council says. The residents are looking for just this kind of response. They really don't want the city to take the property back, but instead are hoping to stall for enough time until Graham can submit her resolution to the legislature. Additional suggestions, such as sitting down and talking about making Harvard pay more taxes to the city or calling further public hearings to discuss the gym are mentioned in a letter the residents sent to the city councilors last...
...Cambridge citizen action group attempting to stall construction on the Observatory Hill athletic complex will request today that the city purchase the proposed building site from Harvard...
...strongly urge that Congress demand extradition of Mr. Park, or cut off aid to South Korea. To do less may arouse the suspicion that someone has it in mind to stall the investigation, as was done with the Watergate affair...
...represent them in their dealings with Harvard, is largely a tribute to the University's uncanny knack of resisting effective unionization of its employees. The union's defeat came at the end of a three-year fight in which Harvard used its considerable legal and financial resources to stall the election as long as possible, and then waged a last-minute publicity campaign to sway uncertain workers. While it is not at all clear that a majority of Med Area workers actually favored unionization under District 65, it is a certainty that the University's extensive resources played...