Word: standing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Counter "was not a favorite candidate. He didnot stand out head and shoulders above the othercandidates," said Doris C. Withers, professor of*** and a member of the search committee...
According to New York Times columnist Tom Wicker, the GOP's man for the job is none other than Major League Baseball Commissioner Peter Ueberroth. He has made a name for himself by taking a tough stand against major leaguers who abuse illegal substances. He has gone so far as to try to require mandatory drug testing of all purveyors of the great American pastime...
...what is needed is a get-tough policy. Vice President George Bush's well-known taunting of Gov. Michael S. Dukakis for opposing the institution of the death penalty for drug kingpins highlights this attitude. As the baseball commissioner, Ueberroth has made a point of taking a tough stand against ballplayers who use drugs...
...letter to University support staff released yesterday, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) called for a panel of Harvard labor experts to decide whether the union's victory in last May's election should stand or be overturned...
...last summer's congressional hearings compromises their Fifth Amendment rights against self-incrimination. "The Government had to choose between compelling them to testify before Congress and leaving open the possibility of a criminal prosecution," said the A.C.L.U.'s Kate Martin. If the motion is accepted, the only defendant to stand trial would be retired Air Force Major General Richard Secord, who testified without immunity...