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Last summer, the Harvard Police Union signed a three-year contract a full month before the old deal was set to expire. The speed of the negotiations stood in marked contrast to the previous round, which resulted in a bitter two-year standoff before an agreement could be reached...
Perhaps the most unusual aspect of the new deal is its length. The five-year pact is the longest in the 60 years that Harvard's dining services workers have been unionized, according to Domenic M. Bozzotto, president of Hotel Workers Local 26, which represents the 554 dining services employees. Normally, dining services workers sign three-year deals, Bozzotto said...
Instead, Todd will begin a three-year term as dean of undergraduate education in July...
...both countries are still technically at war, having never signed a peace treaty, both see reunification as inevitable. With each incursion, Jackson says, North Korea is trying to improve a bargaining position made weak by recent famines and its international status as a pariah. The 1953 armistice ending the three-year Korean War allows just 35 soldiers on each side of the zone, permits soldiers to carry only sidearms and prohibits gunfire. Pyongyang has declared the armistice meaningless and has repeatedly demonstrated its scorn for the pact. In early April, 100 North Korean soldiers entered the demilitarized zone on three...
...thalidomide would have been approved in the U.S." Thalidomide was administered as a sedative to women who risked miscarriage and resulted in the birth of severely deformed babies. "Thanks to the FDA, the drug never made it to the U.S market," Gorman notes. The bill also calls for a three-year pilot program allowing FDA-accredited companies to review the safety and effectiveness of new treatments. The FDA would then have a 15 to 45 day period to assess the reviewing company's performance and recommendation. The test period will determine whether private companies can assess new treatments as safely...