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...something the University can resolve simply by appointing a more pleasant person than Gorski to run the department. They want the assurance that the union will stay secure, and that they will be able to present future demands to a police administration that won't react with another big shake-up. "This morale business--it's really a dollars-and-cents thing," one officer noted. "We just want to make sure about our future around this place," another added. Such views are something the University will have to take into account when it returns to the bargaining table this month...
...Giscard gathered his troops last week in a rare full session of the Council of Ministers. Reported one government aide: "It was a kind of mea culpa session. We admitted our errors." Some Cabinet members may be forced to pay for these errors with their seats, for a government shake-up is expected...
Times change, though, and so do admissions offices. Witness last year, when Harvard's and Radcliffe's became one, an event that caused as great a shake-up at Byerly Hall as it did around Radcliffe sporting circles...
Died. Fernando Maria Castiella y Maiz, 68, Spanish Foreign Minister from 1957 until his ouster during a Cabinet shake-up in 1969; following a heart attack; in Madrid. Tall and powerfully built, Castiella fought with Franco's Blue Division shock troops alongside Nazi forces on the Russian front during World War II. As head of the Foreign Ministry, Castiella earned a reputation as a stubborn negotiator; he repeatedly drove tough bargains with the U.S. over military-base leases and doggedly-though unsuccessfully-strove to retrieve Gibraltar from British rule. Toward the end of his career, Castiella came under increasing...
Take Charge. Jordan was assigned to take charge of the personnel hunt, although Watson was left in charge of preparing Carter's alternative budget for next year. Powell quickly downplayed the shake-up and its unfavorable implications for Watson. Carter is "always dissatisfied with some of the work everyone does, including me and Hamilton," said Powell. "Overall, he was pleased...