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...Salinas has yet to show any such independence in his Cabinet appointments. He was putting young, foreign-educated technocrats in top economic positions, while maintaining the intransigent old guard of PRI leaders, who will resist any attempts to weaken the party's hold over the state in key political positions...

Author: By Andrew J. Bates, | Title: Mexico on the Brink | 12/6/1988 | See Source »

This attempt at a minority alliance is symbolized best by the coining of the term "people of color," an all-inclusive term to describe anyone who is not Caucasian. Yet this example shows why attempts at multi-racial unity often weaken the effectiveness of each minority's activism...

Author: By Jacques H. Scharoun, | Title: People of Color? | 11/21/1988 | See Source »

...experts say that legal delays in a unioncertification process often weaken the union'sbase of support and that Harvard's choice toappeal will be publicly perceived as a stronganti-union tactic

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: Harvard Asks NLRB To Extend Deadline | 11/2/1988 | See Source »

...union called Harvard's appeal an anti-union tactic, accusing them of using the delay to take advantage of summer employee turnover--which is near 40 percent--to weaken the union. If Harvard had won its appeal the vote would have been retaken...

Author: By Melissa R. Hart, | Title: University Tactics Uncertain After Union Ruling | 10/29/1988 | See Source »

...next Cambridge municipal election remains more than a year away, but realtor Fred Meyer and a group of small landlords are already working to put a question on the 1989 ballot that would weaken the city's 18-year-old rent control...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Proposition 1-2-3 Backers Gear for '89 | 10/18/1988 | See Source »

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