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Dates: during 1980-1980
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...letter informing him of the horrendous working conditions at Cotrell & Leonard and of a National Labor Relations Board's complaint against this company (for unfair labor practices). Five months later, Argeros finally responded--but not with the boycott requested by the ILGWU and by some Harvard students. He resolved instead that the Coop would provide an alternate, thereby allowing each individual a choice of which cap and gown to order. Yet, the Coop's recent actions indicate that the Coop is not truly committed to presenting individuals with a choice, but rather, is still supporting Cotrell & Leonard...
Unfortunately, the other runner did not expire on third, but instead crossed the plate with the game-winner when Jim Roberts singled moments later. at Cambridge First Game First Game Navy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0--0 2 2 HARVARD...
This scene is not an uncommon one. Increasingly, students assume the passive role of spectators, watching instead of participating, recording unthinkingly and then closing their books and minds until required to open them again at the next lecture. By the completion of the term, this automatic procedure has resulted in the accumulation of binders of notes, which students cram before exams as if they were just so much other reading and not what they had written themselves. The breakneck pace of reading and exam period does not allow much time for reflection; even so, the student may get a little...
...Government's attempts to create a risk-free economy, in which there will never be a danger of serious business slumps or steep unemployment, has built an inflationary bias into society. Managers and workers have become confident that the state will intervene to stop any sharp business decline. Thus, instead of restraining wage or price demands when the economy slows, companies and unions continually push for more. Adam Smith maintained that each individual seeking his own profit would promote society's good, as if guided by an "invisible hand." But the late economist Arthur Okun argued that the comfortable relationship...
...report, therefore, he says little that is new, instead restating the importance of Harvard's efforts in training public policy experts, continuing basic reasearch and finding new directions in liberal arts education...