Word: adjusting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Beyond personal fears, though, Faculty members seem outraged by the federal government's presumption to interfere in academic matters. None of those instructors interviewed said they doubted that Harvard could adjust quickly to the imposition of the legislation. But it is the principle of such infringement that is so rankling...
...response to union demands, industry officials are pointing to comparatively high wage levels of $50 a day and a worker absenteeism rate of over 15 per cent. But mine owners were slow to adjust to the operating standards of the 1969 National Mining Safety Act and do not relish the prospect of accepting more stringent Union safety regulations. The industry's sole defense against Union demands for higher pensions is their supposedly inflationary effect. But the operators just don't have enough leverage to counter the new bargaining power labor enjoys...
...playing conditions inevitably handicapped a skillful ball handling unit like UConn but as Crimson mentor George Ford said, "You have to adjust your skills to the conditions...
...Crimson was able to adjust to the conditions faster, moving the ball up the wings where the field was free of puddles, keeping the ball away from its side of the field...
...some $300,000 more for eleven months of support than was given Lyndon Johnson for 18 months after he left the presidency. The total request includes the $450,000 allowed under the Presidential Transition Act of 1963 for travel, office, staff and other costs to help a former President adjust to private life. It also includes another $400,000 under the Former Presidents Act of 1958, which provides overlapping outlays for some of the same expenses. The presidential pension of $60,000 a year is included in this and is mandatory, as is $96,000 for staff salaries, but Nixon...