Word: agreement
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...feet on the divorce that the Queen had urged upon them in December. Diana proposed a meeting at St. James's Palace. The Waleses were for once alone together. Charles' aides wanted a stenographer present but bowed to Diana's request for privacy. After what she claims is an agreement--though not on the financial settlement--she called the Queen and then Atkinson to make the announcement. She claims that Charles had agreed to the terms that she made public...
Over crab cakes in the Vice President's elegant red-draped dining room, the network chiefs were urged, despite Murdoch's move, to continue their efforts to agree on a common ratings system. They settled on the framework for the agreement unveiled last week. But some delicate managing by Valenti and Gore was still required. "It was a question of holding everyone together," says a senior Administration official. "We were constantly on the phone with people, cajoling and reassuring...
...walked out very optimistic, very enthusiastic," Hyman said. "The questions that were asked suggested an understanding or agreement with our basic concerns...
DAYTON, Ohio: Workers at two General Motors brake plants have gone on strike, threatening production at other GM plants. After failing to reach agreement during all night talks, about 3,000 workers walked out of the two plants Tuesday morning. The main issue in dispute is the production of parts by outside plants or companies. Union officials say GM's proposed 'outsourcing' of production could affect 125 jobs. Two years ago, workers at the two plants staged a three-day strike, shutting down five GM assembly plants. GM spokesman Tom Klipstine said that the strike would have no effect...
...rare point of agreement with activists, the nuclear industry also says regulations threaten to drive some plants out of business, but it argues that many NRC rules boost costs without enhancing safety. "The regulatory system hasn't kept pace with advances in technology," says Steve Unglesbee, a spokesman for the Nuclear Energy Institute, the industry's p.r. unit. "Industrywide, our safety record is improving. But NRC creates so many layers of regulation that every plant is virtually assured of being in noncompliance with something...