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...throughout the year, the council showed that it was more inclined to whisper than shout on behalf of its constituents' concerns. It abandoned its efforts on behalf of junior faculty tenure. It stood by as the College tightened its alcohol policy in the face of vehement student opposition. It rejected a proposal to back administration neutrality in the union election and only asked administrators not to unduly pressure employees to vote no--which is an illegal tactic anyways...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hitting Home | 9/14/1988 | See Source »

...throughout the year, the council showed that it was more inclined to whisper than shout on behalf of its constituents' concerns. It abandoned its efforts on behalf of junior faculty tenure. It stood by as the College tightened its alcohol policy in the face of vehement student opposition. It rejected a proposal to back administration neutrality in the union election and only asked administrators not to unduly pressure employees to vote no--which is an illegal tactic anyway...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hitting Home | 9/11/1988 | See Source »

...innovative versions of Twelfth Night and King Lear, which are highlights of this year's offerings. Although the search has dragged on for more than a year to replace Neville, 63, who plans to retire after next season, the process has not yet been encumbered by the kind of vehement nationalism that blighted previous selections. When Briton John Dexter, a Tony winner for directing, was approached for the job in 1980, Canada's government at first denied him a work permit, and then a public outcry scuttled the idea...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Theater: The Bard in Neon and Doublets | 8/22/1988 | See Source »

...throughout the year, the council showed that it was more inclined to whisper than shout on behalf of its constituents' concerns. It abandoned its efforts on behalf of junior faculty tenure. It stood by as the College tightened its alcohol policy in the face of vehement student opposition. It rejected a proposal to back administration neutrality in the union election and only asked administrators not to unduly pressure employees to vote no--which is an illegal tactic anyways...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Hitting Home | 6/9/1988 | See Source »

...luxury to be a moralist." So said an unapologetic New York State health commissioner David Axelrod last week after approving a New York City plan to fight AIDS by providing drug addicts with sterile needles. The controversial program, which could begin as early as this spring, has sparked vehement protests from law-enforcement agents, clergymen and politicians. Says the Rev. Calvin Butts of the Abyssinian Baptist Church in Harlem: "To distribute needles is to cooperate with evil. It is a step to legitimatizing heroin...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ethics: The Lesser of Two Evils | 2/15/1988 | See Source »

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