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City landlords, thwarted in attempts to convert their rental apartments to condominiums, tried a new tack, selling them as "cooperative housing...
University officials and MATEP lawyers declined to say how much money the two-month delay will tack on to the cost of the plant...
Nevertheless, Barns quit at the end of his enlistment in 1974 to study electronics in his native Dallas. Two years later, he decided to give the Navy a second try and was assigned to a nuclear at tack submarine, the U.S.S. Pintado. But when it came time last week to reenlist, Barns decided to return ashore and begin a civilian career as a digital equipment repair man. Says Barns: "It wasn't worth ten more years of my life for what I was getting...
Following last year's 125% hike in the cost of crude oil, the OPEC cartel is now moving on a new tack in its offensive to win control over the world petroleum market. It is seeking to dominate global energy by reducing production in order to keep prices artificially propped up and to diminish the power of the so-called Seven Sisters, the major oil companies like Exxon and Shell that controlled world oil for half a century. These actions could result in a tense escalation of global petropolitics...
...dean of the Law School, Bok had acquired a reputation as peacemaker and diplomat. While other parts of the University boiled over, Bok had kept the Law School on simmer. While Pusey had called the cops to break up the occupation of University Hall, Bok had pursued the opposite tack. When a group of protesters held an all-night "study in" at the Law School's library, Bok ordered coffee and doughnuts and thanked the students for "coming to show your concern." Bok's colleagues from his Law School days, including James Vorenberg, professor of Law, clearly remember the "very...