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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Tuesday's filing of this bill marked a major new twist in the ten-year battle over the stadium. Ever since the Patriots were established, they have unsuccessfully attempted to have the state build them a new stadium, or to have Harvard Stadium opened for their...

Author: By William R. Galeota, | Title: State May Exercise Eminent Domain To Claim Stadium for Pro Football | 12/4/1969 | See Source »

Call for Guides. The present law has a special twist for Latin Americans and Canadians. For the first time, it set a limit on their immigration (120,000 a year), but it established no job-preference guides. The quota has been oversubscribed, and more than half the applicants are domestics and other unskilled workers. One result: Canadian firms and U.S. companies doing business in Canada can no longer transfer personnel to the U.S. for training or new assignments without a long wait. The Kennedy-Feighan bill would create a preference system favoring those with skills and management ability. This would...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Labor: Where Have All the Busboys Gone? | 11/21/1969 | See Source »

Conga drums now resound from the common room of Bertram Hall every Tuesday and Thursday night when 30 Cliflies gather to dance-African with an Afro-American twist...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: 'Cliffe Choreographs New Activity: African Dance Taught in Bertram | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

This is not the first time Americans have seen their President respond to dissent by ignoring the issues and seeking to discredit dissenters themselves. But the Nixon scenario has a new and dangerous twist. By initiating unnecessary and arbitrary "safety" measures, the Administration has generated a threat of violence where none had existed before...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Washington March | 11/13/1969 | See Source »

...held private meetings with company officials and union leaders. He has quietly helped to cool several other labor disputes, particularly in the airlines. But he firmly opposes direct and heavily publicized intervention. "We want the free collective bargaining process, to work," says Shultz. "We will not be trying to twist people's arms and get them to agree to something they are not quite ready...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Nixon's Rookie of the Year | 11/7/1969 | See Source »

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