Word: accepting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...accept maternity leave (normally ten weeks) and then return to duty. Even an unmarried woman with children may remain in the services...
...standing in November by shifting key lieutenants and firing Defense Secretary James Schlesinger, he looked like a fumbler. Confronted with massive if badly led Democratic majorities in Congress, he could not overcome the opposition to many of his domestic and foreign policies. In the end he was forced to accept clumsy compromises: an energy bill that would reduce oil prices in the short run and allow them to rise in the long run, a tax bill in which Congress gave a nonbinding promise to limit spending. In many respects, Ford's record was better than his critics allowed. But none...
...were opened two months ago by a slimmed-down model for chubby fashions and a former A.A.U. gymnast, already serve a clientele that includes Sally Struthers of TV's All In The Family, Singer Diana Ross, Actress Yvette Mimieux and Comedian Woody Allen. Not everyone is willing to accept the full star treatment apparently. "The food is really excellent," says Struthers, who confesses that she has not yet entered the gymnasium half of the establishment...
...property and liability insurers. These companies jointly organize rating bureaus, which in each state compile statistical information that enables insurers to determine average risks and costs. In many states the rating bureaus also add a profit markup and file a schedule of premium rates that state authorities generally accept. The Administration believes this practice makes rates higher than they would be if each company filed its own premium schedules, and it thinks the practice would be illegal under federal antitrust laws...
...shock is understandable, and not all of it has to do with the rising cost of living. The Met orchestra is an excellent, overworked ensemble that is highly conscious of its standing. A cut in annual income would be a humiliation that no comparable orchestra has yet had to accept. Worse, recent contract settlements in Detroit, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., gained musicians pay raises of $95 over three years, although the first two were achieved only after costly strikes. The current weekly minimum salary for Met musicians is $385, about the same as at the New York Philharmonic. But with...