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...notorious Teamster boss who disappeared under mysterious circumstances in 1975. Carey edged Hoffa in the race for the presidency last fall, but Hoffa has jumped on the fund-raising charges to demand a new election. "If Carey loses the strike or is perceived to have lost, his position vis-a-vis Hoffa is markedly weakened," says Marvin Kosters, a labor expert at the American Enterprise Institute in Washington...
...double standard consistently ignored by most members of our society, including feminist scholars, is our attitude toward virginity vis-a-vis males. In our current age when the rate of teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted disease (STD) cases is at its highest level ever, we have to defeminize virginity and make sexual abstinence an acceptable option for males as well as females. "The way things are," according to Hank Hill, means that our society sees virginity as correct for females and incorrect for males. As a virgin myself I have had to deal with the problems of being a male...
This is the perfect time for the Undergraduate Council to send a message to the Ad Board. An official council reprimand of the Ad Board's action vis-a-vis Kirtley should wake the Ad Board. If the council is worth the $80 I have donated to it in the last four years, it will do what it has not done in my time here at Harvard--pass a resolution criticizing an unfair Ad Board. Anyone who considers my proposal ill-advised, unnecessary and hasty does not understand this dangerous precedent about suppression of the press...
Spurring this statement is the recent Supreme Court rejection of a challenge brought by former Navy pilot Lt. Paul G. Thomasson against the military's policy vis-a-vis gays, commonly dubbed "don't ask, don't tell." True to its name, the "don't ask, don't tell" policy takes a relatively laissez-faire attitude towards homosexuals in the American military: Those in power won't ask as long as you don't tell, so stay quiet about your sexual orientation, and everything will be all right; however, should you choose to be public about your sexual preferences...
...political necessity following decades of U.S.-Japanese trade clashes and a yin-yanging yen. Going to America not only defeats barriers like the current 25% duty on imported pickup trucks but also lowers manufacturing and distribution costs. Toyota's nonunion U.S. workers shave some 10% from its wage bill vis-a-vis Japan, and a like amount from shipping costs. The savings can knock about $2,000 off the sticker price of a Camry that would cost $20,000 if imported from Japan...