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With the support of fellow businessmen, Furrier Edward Hamilton threatened to bus vagrants to the Goose Hollow Inn, a campy tavern owned by none other than Hizzoner the mayor. Though Clark denies that the threat of unwanted customers had anything to do with his change of heart, last week he...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Oregon: Thunderbird All Around, Garcon | 4/28/1986 | See Source »

Both the council and the bill of rights are expressions of growing restiveness at some of the country's biggest public pension funds. The group was founded 15 months ago by fund managers who have some 60% of their assets invested in stocks and bonds and who have felt unfairly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: And Now, Proxy Power | 4/21/1986 | See Source »

A 1983 survey of 2000 undergraduates, half of whom were women, revealed that 3 percent of the undergraduate women polled said they had received unwanted pressure for sexual favors, and 10 percent said they had been subjected to unwanted pressure for dates. The statistics, however, did not indicate whether the...

Author: By Alison L. Jernow, | Title: Fighting for Awareness: Harvard Date Rape | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

The 1983 survey on sexual harassment revealed that 34 percent of the undergraduate women experienced some form of sexual harassment, loosely defined as anything from lewd jokes and suggestive comments, to unwanted touching, to rape. The report also found that the likelihood that a woman will be harassed increases the...

Author: By Alison L. Jernow, | Title: Fighting for Awareness: Harvard Date Rape | 4/17/1986 | See Source »

Clearly, congressional debate is not an effective method to weigh the merits of competing scientific research programs. Furthermore, the new funding scheme invites unwanted political interference in research. Universities will have to become more concerned with lobbying Senators than with maintaining research standards.

Author: By Thomas H. Grayson, | Title: Only One Side of the Coin | 2/27/1986 | See Source »

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