Word: groups
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...eight-member activist group is trying to block the expansion of the state's largest bank--the First National Bank of Boston--because they say the bank is violating the 1977 Community Reinvestment Act, which requires banks to meet investment needs in their communities...
...presidential vote much more seriously. Very few will cast a frivolous vote, a protest vote." And they have difficulty imagining anyone who is not already doing so exercising the power of the presidency. One example: early in the 1976 campaign, when he first worked for Carter, Caddell questioned a group of 100 voters and found that 60% were for the former Georgia Governor. But after they were questioned for half an hour on what kind of policies they thought he would pursue, 10% wound up choosing Incumbent Gerald Ford-because, in Caddell's interpretation, they had trouble visualizing Carter...
...years, most of the unions belonging to the AFL-CIO regarded white collar people as marginal sources of new members. But labor leaders recognize that this group is the fastest growing segment in society. Between 1970 and 1980, the number of white collar employees increased by 12.5 million, to 50.5 million workers, while blue collar laborers grew by only 2.7 million, to 30.5 million. Says William...
...Recalls Stutz's friend and Vogue Consulting Editor Diana Vreeland: "Gerry had her eye on buying the store for years." When she saw the conglomerate's new policy, Stutz asked Hanigan if he would give her first refusal on Bendel. After some scurrying to find an international group of Swiss-based financiers, Stutz was able to beat the best offer that Genesco had received...
...group is known as the National University Consortium, and so far it has enrolled an experimental group of approximately 200 students, many of them working adults with some previous college credits. N.U.C.'s pilot semester offers only three courses: an introduction to college-level math, the culture, politics and religion of the early Roman Empire, and a survey of systems management. Degrees are offered in humanities, technology and management, behavioral and social sciences. Students with no previous college credits will need a minimum of six years to earn a B.A. or B.S. degree...