Word: blockings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Kissinger, the book goes on, kept pressuring Nixon to make him Secretary of State for both substantial and petty reasons. He feared that Nixon, in his deteriorating condition, might do something rash in foreign affairs; as Secretary, Kissinger would be in a better position to block it. He also was contemptuous of William Rogers, who then held the job. He considered Rogers weak and inept and actually went out of his way to humiliate the Secretary. Kissinger finally threatened to quit if he could not have Rogers' post; Nixon yielded. But when Nixon sent Haig to tell Rogers...
Leaders of New York's municipal unions headed by Victor Gotbaum, executive director of the State, County and Municipal Employees Union, were outraged and threatened to go to court to block the dropout. City officials may seek concessions from the unions in upcoming negotiations in return for sticking with Social Security. Elsewhere, employees have favored quitting. In March 1975, 14 of the 15 bargaining units representing the employees of Sacramento County, Calif, asked the board of supervisors to study alternatives to Social Security; three months later the county filed its intent to withdraw...
...hard to remember now, three months later, why everyone was standing in line on Boylston Street a half a block from the Jazz Workshop on Thursday January 8 at 7 p.m. in 16 degree weather hoping to earn the privilege of paying $4 to get into a crowded booze room to hear--what? Gender ambiguity...
...strongest argument in favor of allowing Communists to participate in Western governments is that neither the U.S. nor any other country has the right to block from office a party freely elected by the voters. This argument would have more validity if the Communists differed from other leftist parties merely in their programs. Yet history advises skepticism where Communists are concerned. Unlike Socialists, they have not sought the democratic evolution of a Marxian society; instead, until very recently they have always stressed the radical transformation of a society by authoritarian means...
...April 1. A company spokesman said the timing of the dividend was coincidental but implied that Conrail was entitled only to the railroad's physical assets and not the cash reserve fund. The payout faces a certain court challenge; Conrail had made it clear that it would block any attempt to transfer assets from the bankrupt railroads to private shareholders...