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...labor force, including teachers, police and firefighters, Mayor Bloomberg threw down the gauntlet last month at a meeting of the Municipal Labor Committee, saying that there would be no pay increases for the city’s workers without productivity increases. This comment comes as part of a proud tradition of comments from the Bloomberg administration concerning the productivity of city workers that started with Deputy Mayor Marc V. Shaw’s calls last year to close several firehouses and his comment that city firefighters were inefficient because they only fought fires 5 percent of the time they were...
Kavulla’s suggestion is also particularly ridiculous when one considers that Institute alumni have reached the top of a huge variety of fields. While MIT is justly proud of its fifteen sons and daughters who are now Nobel Laureates, I doubt even Kavulla himself would say that William R. Hewlett MIT SM ’36 (of Hewlett Packard Co.), Benjamin Netanyahu, MIT Class of 1975 (former Israeli Prime Minister), I.M. Pei, MIT Class of 1940 (architect of Boston’s John Hancock Tower among other things), and Tom and Ray Magliozzi, of MIT Classes...
...fear of political scandal and corruption resonated among registered Democrats in Manchester, who seized on accusations that the current administration is too proud and too corrupt. These voters may not know exactly which Democratic candidate to vote for, but they are galvanized against Bush...
...Secretary of State, Albright was a disaster. Every crucial issue that faces us today, from North Korea to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to terrorism, was dealt with during her tenure with a stunning naivete and timidity. It is not a record to be proud of, and yet she seems smug. Perhaps if she had done her job properly, she wouldn't need to take issue with the Bush Administration's policies. MARK LEE Racine...
Tulare, S.D. "MORE THAN JUST A BLINK OF THE EYE" Wishful thinking? Maybe. But proud schoolkids also helped create a mural with the motto "Little City with a Big Heart...