Word: acceptance
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...itself has been deplorable, however. It has consistently shown its disdain for its employees by refusing to bargain with them in good faith, by rejecting even their lowest-level wage demands, and by simply refusing to negotiate until the union representing the 60 striking workers agreed in advance to accept the university wage offer. Because of administration's anti-union, anti-worker stance, the workers were forced to accept a wage settlement and back-to-work conditions considerably less favorable than those they had hoped for. Three months of picketing, with unprecedented student and faculty support, were rendered meaningless...
...passionate intensity he states his motivation in coming out: "I finally got tired of Americans being lied to by elected and appointed officials. Who needs a charismatic emperor in this country?" After the Beecher interviews resulted in two consecutive frontpage stories on October 24 and 25, Odell began to accept speaking engagements and interviews ranging from a small gathering at his church in Wellesley to an appearance on a television talk show. For a quiet man, he is eager to talk...
Even if Gilmore lives, all of American society must accept the blame for the life he has led. Gary Gilmore's death-wish was bred by the despair of a society that has allowed him little chance to life within the law. Now 35 years old, Gilmore has spent 18 of the last 21 years in prison having been first incarcerated at the age of 14. In a society where convicts receive little rehabilitative training, and ex-convicts receive no consideration from potential employers, Gilmore has had no alternative but to follow his life of crime to its seemingly inevitable...
...week, Gary Gilmore would have been executed this past Monday, the first person put to death in the United States since 1967. The Utah Supreme Court had already approved the death sentence in a 4-1 decision last Wednesday, and Utah state prison warden Samuel Smith had begun to accept the names of volunteers for a five-man firing squad. Rampton, however, decided to delay the execution pending a parole board review...
...stay of execution from the Utah Supreme Court, Gilmore obtained a new attorney and asked permission to appear at a re-hearing to vacate the stay. Appearing before the court last Wednesday, Gilmore said coolly, "I believe I have been given a fair trial, and I'm willing to accept it with dignity, like...