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...union, worker could not get a job through the union, establishing a closed shop. The closed shop is illegal under the Taft-Hartley Act, but the act does not cover farm labor. The closed shop hiring hall gave Chavez tremendous power over the workers. He could now simply withhold assignments from anyone who didn't behave. The work was now Chavez's to distribute, and those whom he disliked would be the last to work, if they got to work...
...plaque on his desk. "Behold the Turtle. He Maketh Progress Only When His Head Sticketh Out," the plaque read. Harvard's alumni appear to understand better than many administrators that if Harvard is to continue its progressive path, it must discard the myths that have persuaded it to withhold equal access from women. Contributions to Radcliffe 1973-1974 Programs Contributors Totals* Radcliffe College Fund Alumnae Annual Program Radcliffe-Harvard Scholarship Program Alumnae Gifts 5273 $461,684.81 127,001.66 Total $588,686.47 Club Scholarships 37 clubs $ 49,196.00 Parents Annual Giving Radcliffe-Harvard Scholarship Program Parent Gifts 484 gifts...
...coaches have been known to withhold such information-Washington Redskins Coach George Allen concealed an injury to a starting guard before a play-off game in 1972-and it is clear that bookies are convinced that enough medical data remain unpublicized to make readers valuable. They are probably right...
...phrase of Columnist George F. Will, akin to a "smoking howitzer." St. Clair said flatly that he had been ready to resign if Nixon had opposed release of the material. "I have my professional reputation to think about," he explained, adding that any other action would have been to withhold evidence of a possible criminal conspiracy...
...ever saw an example of stonewalling," said McClory, "the prime example is right there." Democrat Seiberling declared that "without the power to investigate, the impeachment power is meaningless." Several other Democrats noted that since the Supreme Court had struck down Nixon's claim of absolute Executive privilege to withhold tapes from Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski, he had no valid claim to keep them from the Judiciary Committee...