Word: arrays
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Taft-Hartley Act, last used in 1971 against the International Longshoremen's Association, requires the United Mine Workers to return to work by this Monday for an 80-day cooling-off period. To enforce the law, Carter has an array of weapons, ranging from White House oratory to U.S. marshals and federal troops. But though the President said that the miners were "patriotic citizens [who] will comply with the law," hardly a miner in the hills of Appalachia or the flatlands of the Midwest would admit a willingness to bow to Taft-Hartley, which the union has defied twice...
...Historically, managing a sport has always been one of the most prestigious responsibilities to have as an undergraduate at the College," Reardon added. To back up this contention, Reardon rattled off an impressive array of former Harvard managers who went on to become Secretary of the Treasury (C. Douglas Dillon), Harvard overseer (Francis Burr), corporate chief, lawyer, professor and the like...
Carter asked the coal industry's leading spokesmen to come to the White House Friday morning. There, in the Roosevelt Room, the guests met a formidable array of brass. It included Carter, Vice President Walter Mondale, Labor Secretary Ray Marshall, Energy Secretary James Schlesinger and Special Trade Representative Robert Strauss. In the hour-long session, Carter set a 6 p.m. deadline for settlement, without revealing his threatened countermeasures...
They call it "The Greatest Free Show on Earth"--this stunning array of over 20 parades down New Orleans's broad avenues. And yet, more than other celebrations, Mardi Gras is largely a local affair, enjoyable for the thousands of visitors from across the country but significant also as a provincial rite of passage for the participants...
...painless, productive awakenings will in time be as familiar as Dagwood Bumstead's pajamaed panics. And, barring headaches, tummy aches and heartaches, the American day should proceed as smoothly as it begins. All thanks to the miracle of the microcomputer, the supercheap chip that can electronically shoulder a vast array of boring, time-consuming tasks...