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...culture of acceptance. When you have I-banks and Goldman Sachs knocking on your door, it’s hard to believe there’s anything else out there when all you see is plenty.” He speculates that widespread resistance to the sit-in tactic, as demonstrated by a Crimson poll which found that only one-third of students agreed with this strategy, is due partly to “an unfamiliarity with how direct social action can change society...
...decision to move forward with a sit-in threatened to tear the PSLM apart internally. DiMaggio and Elfenbein both confess that there was soul-searching within the group from the first time the tactic was suggested in January of 2001. “We were asking, ‘will it end our campaign forever?’” Elfenbein says. While the sit-in undoubtedly raised the profile of the living wage issue on campus—Epps admits that he had “barely heard” of the struggle prior to the takeover?...
McKean said that PSLM research of business practices of Corporation members is not a new tactic, but a continuation of past activities, noting last year’s trip to the New York City offices of Corporation members. PSLM has also demonstrated against the secretive nature of this spring’s presidential search...
...THREAT Thriller writers often confect plots that turn on the poisoning of a city's water supply with a few tablets of some very lethal substance. But while the idea has a long history (Roman legionnaires tossed animal corpses into the water supplies of their enemies), the tactic isn't very practical. Even in high concentrations, germs would probably be quickly diluted in a large reservoir, if not killed off later during chlorination...
...wealthy businessman with no previous time in office, is hoping Virginia voters will pin blame for the state?s financial woes on the current GOP leadership. Conscious of the state?s center-right sensibilities, Warner has tailored his message carefully - emphasizing, for example, his support of gun rights. The tactic appears to be working; several local GOP leaders have crossed party lines to endorse the Democrat...