Word: variously
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...contract depends on countering the distrust that has flared like coal gas among the miners. The Labor Department and the Mediation and Conciliation Service are engaged in delicate diplomacy with various U.M.W. factions to get them to take the lead in working out a settlement. But they are dealing with an independent, rebellious union that may see its individualism as its greatest strength. At a time when most labor disputes are fairly quickly accommodated and resolved, the coal strike is a stark reminder of the amount of damage that one embattled union, toughened by tradition and fired by indignation...
...left, and dumped it haphazardly." BAM will eventually carry a marvelously mixed bag of these riches: petroleum from major new oilfields in Western Siberia, coal from Neryungri and Chulman, iron ore and gold from Aldan, diamonds from Yakutia, and salt, asbestos, molybdenum, copper, tin and bauxite from various areas. Shipped to Japan and other resource-hungry nations, such exports will help Moscow earn the foreign currency it needs to pay for technological development...
Several members of the various natural sciences faculties contended that the proposed core does not place enough emphasis on teaching the physical sciences and mathematics to students in other disciplines...
From here on, the key phase in the development of the core will probably lie in the process of suggesting amendments to the proposal, as representatives of various departments attempt to convince Dean Rosovsky and the Faculty Council of changes they believe are important...
...students in the middle income range who do not qualify for any of the various financial aid programs are feeling the pinch of bigger term bills. This applies particularly to families with several children to put through college. As college costs around the country continue to rise, fewer middle income students are going to college, and even fewer are coming to higher-cost schools like Harvard...