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...past success, Dunlop knows that the job of running Phase III will be tougher. "The opportunity to help work on these problems cooperatively with labor, management and Government at this time is to be concerned with issues that no Western society has handled well," he wrote in his letter of resignation from his Harvard deanship. "But if over the next decade or two we are to have a little less inflation, a little lower level of unemployment, a little less industrial strife, then it is essential to develop the knowledge, the experience and the institutions to deal with this complex...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Economy: Dean of Living Costs: A Gruff, Canny Mr. Chips | 1/22/1973 | See Source »

...getting a lot tougher," Wynn said. "I think we can move up in the league as we improve on our percentage shots...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Racquetmen Down Exeter, Andover, Freshmen Gain 7-0 and 5-0 Victories | 1/11/1973 | See Source »

...should have a good lead in the field events," Clayton said. "The running events could be a little tougher...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: Crimson to Face Huskies In Tonight's Track Meet | 1/9/1973 | See Source »

Today should be tougher as the Huskies come in with a one-two-three punch in the persons of Bill Rowe. Ken Flanders and Dave Goldsmith. In the Greater Boston cross country meet, they beat every Harvard man with the exception of Ric Rojas, who can be expected to show strongly tonight...

Author: By E.j. Dionne, | Title: Crimson to Face Huskies In Tonight's Track Meet | 1/9/1973 | See Source »

...Defense Department to do the work; then he runs into cost problems and manages to renegotiate the contract at a higher price. The Pentagon's budget suffers. Lately an angry audience of Congressmen, fed up with the repetitive drama, has been clamoring for the Pentagon to get tougher with defense contractors. Last week Grumman Corp. of Bethpage, Long Island, talked tough in return as it argued the basic question of who pays for cost overruns: the contractor or the taxpayers? The company risked a court fight by flatly refusing to fulfill a contract unless it gets more money...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: DEFENSE CONTRACTORS: Grumman v. the Navy | 12/25/1972 | See Source »

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