Word: union
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...domestic politics, the '70s will see dramatically different patterns governing international affairs. Since World War II, the great questions of world politics have depended largely on solutions proposed in Washington or Moscow. This polarization of power is coming to an end. In 1979, the U.S. and the Soviet Union will still be the most important nations in the world. But they will no longer remain, as they have for most of the postwar era, virtually alone on the pinnacle of power. The possibility of war between America and the Soviet Union obviously will persist, but armed conflict...
...between Russia and China cannot be ruled out, and a pre-emptive Soviet air strike against the Chinese is and will remain a possibility. Fantastic though it may be, some observers predict the breakup of the Soviet Union as a result of a Russo-Chinese war (see THE WORLD). In attempting to maintain
...painters' contract provides for a six-member committee made up of three Harvard representatives and three from the painters' union which will set up an apprenticeship program to upgrade the present painters' helpers to journeyman status...
...They are definitely going to be graded up," one union member said yesterday. He said that any helper who thinks that he should be promoted could file a grievance with his shop steward, who would bring it up before the committee...
Edward J. Powers, Harvard labor relations manager, said yesterday that the laborers had not informed him of the rejection of the contract. He declined to comment on the dispute until he received the union's formal ratification...