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Rosty became chairman of Ways and Means in 1981. His tenure opened with a stinging defeat: the committee opted for Ronald Reagan's tax cuts over Rosty's opposition. But the chairman recovered to steer the landmark tax reform of 1986 past all sorts of shoals and obstacles to enactment. He has handled his colleagues adroitly, knowing just when to trade a tax break narrowly benefiting a particular committee member's constituents in return for the * member's vote on a more important matter...
...EEOC issues landmark sexual-harassment guidelines prohibiting unwelcome sexual advances or requests that are made a condition of employment, and conduct that creates a hostile work environment...
...40th anniversary of Brown v. Board of Education, the landmark school- desegregation decision, the Justice Department went to court to oust Hulond Humphries, the Alabama high school principal who made headlines earlier this year by reportedly trying to stop interracial dating at his school's prom. Justice accused the school district of engaging in discriminatory practices...
...sign. The sculpture's designer, Wendy Kondo, noted in September that HRE officials worked to get a variance from the Cambridge Zoning Board in order to construct the special sign in Holyoke Center. "We wanted something that wasn't just a sign, but that would be a landmark for the Square," Kondo said...
Well, it looks like the ambitious "landmark" has finally been recognized as a waste of time and money. Unfortunately, later this spring, scrap metal from the sign will be used to construct a smaller version for the corner of Mass Ave. and Dunster Street. According to a statement released by HRE, the sign was removed in anticipation of upcoming street performances in Forbes Plaza. "The sign was erected knowing that its would probably be modified," said University spokesperson Jonathan B. New. "The smaller scale sign is though to be best for the Shops...