Word: blow
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This little-noticed surge of student activism for minority recruitment is the most encouraging new blow in the fight against racism. Harvard students should take the cue and follow up on the report on Minority Recruitment with some action on minority recruitment...
...country, and especially within an army frustrated by its inability to put down the uprising and polish Israel's international image as a formidable foe. They suggested that by robbing the P.L.O. of the man responsible for military operations against Israel, the operation had delivered the Palestinians a crippling blow that would demoralize their spirits and deflate the uprising...
...notice before shutting down an operation or conducting heavy layoffs (500 workers or a third of the labor force). Arguments for and against the proposal are less than compelling. Democrats and unionists contend that notice is an act of simple humanitarianism that allows workers time for adjustment to a blow that would otherwise shatter their lives. Says Ohio Senator Howard Metzenbaum: "It's time to mandate a little human decency." But many companies already give notice voluntarily or shut down a plant in stages. The AFL-CIO, which depends on the Labor Department for information, has trouble proving its case...
...name suggests, is generally traceable to an impairment of one or both of the temporomandibular joints. These olive-size structures, composed of bone and a cushioning cartilage disk, are located at the points where the jaw meets the skull. TMJ may be triggered by infection, arthritis, a blow to the head, shouting at a football game, even chomping on a bagel. A major contributing factor is emotional stress that leads to teeth clenching or grinding. Excruciating pain radiating through the head and neck, earaches and muscle spasms are the most frequent complaints...
...judgment: not guilty. Jurors apparently agreed with the defense's contention that a Government witness, James Ellison, who is serving a 20-year term for racketeering, made up the conspiracy theory to win a reduced sentence. Declared Defendant Louis Ray Beam: "The Zionist occupation government has suffered a terrible blow...