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...insulating workers from the risks associated with strikes, this act would grant unions almost absolute control over the bargaining process, with little if any reason to keep their demands reasonable. The right of workers to withold their labor is an essential right...
Following Loury's arrest last week for possession of small amounts of cocaine and marijuana, the University's Vice President and General Counsel Daniel Steiner promptly issued a statement which read, "Harvard University treats criminal charges on a case-by-case basis. We normally withold final resolutions pending the outcome of the judicial process. We take seriously any charge of illegal drug activity...
...been warned by my younger sister, herself a JV coxswain in high school, not to put my feet on the bottom of the shell for it was not sturdy enough to withold 108lbs. of direct pressure. Mindful of her warning, I crawled into the boat. The dockmasters dissolved in laughter...
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY has received more than its fair share of publicity ever since model Brooke Shields' arrival on the campus. Yet in recent months. Princeton has received press coverage that examines more than a certain undergraduate's wardrobe. Last year, Gabrielle Napolitano challenged the university's decision to withold her diploma after a professor accused her of plagiarism...
...ALTERNATIVE to pro-corporate reindustrialization. Lekachman argues, the left must mobilize around a plan for democratic control of investment decision. A National Investment Authority (NIA) he suggests, could withold subsidies from defense contractors who refuse to convert to civilian production. An and NIA would subsidize local co-ops, church-sponsored housing, and small farmers rather than lumbering auto makers. Lekachman calls for closing tax loopholes--which channel resources into unproductive uses--and redirecting the proceeds to pay for the NIA and for expanded social welfare services. Inflation should be fought not by wage concessions but by controls on oligopolistic price...