Word: break
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...management attack on work rules gave a propaganda opening on the other side for Steelworkers President Dave McDonald, who raised a cry that the bosses were trying to take away the coffee break and regulate trips to the men's room. Steelworkers, who had been grumbling 'that no wage increase was worth a strike because it was sure to be canceled out by price upcreep, rallied to the union's charges that management wants to put the workers "at the mercy of every plant supervisor...
...spot, forced to choose whether to give way or to break up the Alliance, the Chinese party called a hurried meeting of its general working committee. In a secret vote 89 delegates voted to continue in the Alliance, with 60 opposed. Hurrying to the Tengku with the news, Lim mopped his brow as the Prince, pressing his advantage, demanded that the Chinese party expel "irresponsible members responsible for the crisis." Then, as a small sop, he promised that the number of Chinese to be named on the coalition ticket would be raised from...
...embittered losers began to resign their jobs in the Malayan Chinese Association, the Tengku, holding the Alliance together, had plainly scored a personal triumph. But there were wounds that would last. Sighed Dr. Lim: "I'm happy the Alliance has averted a break, but personally, I'm finished. Never in my life have I been so misunderstood or so abused...
...shotput. brawny (6 ft. 3 in., 240 Ibs.) World Champion Parry O'Brien was trailing Teammate Dave Davis when he flashed across the ring on his fifth try, heaved the 16-lb. sphere 63 ft. 2½ in. to break his own record...
...anti-cancer defenses break down is, in most cases, unknown. Many authorities accept the idea of some hereditary susceptibility. Sometimes there are easy, if superficial, explanations. The combination of a chemical carcinogen (cancer-causing factor) with physical irritation is plainly villainous. Cancer of the scrotum among London chimney sweeps was described by Percivall Pott in 1775. The disease disappeared when the sweeps were taught to wash themselves clean of the carcinogenic soot. Lung cancer from inhaling chromate-ore dusts and nickel-refining fumes can be prevented by the wearing of masks, coupled with adequate ventilation. Even the cancer-causing tobacco...