Word: breaks
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...strike agreement is the product of negotiations and not imposed from above." Feinsinger would introduce what he calls a "neutral," appointed by both sides, who would audit negotiations as a detached and dispassionate observer, making nonbinding recommendations on request. In the event of a bargaining deadlock, the neutral could break it, again by common consent, with a "final and binding arbitration award." Adds Feinsinger: "Since this procedure would be the product of mutual agreement, there would be an incentive to make it work...
Another episode, played by professional actors, dramatizes matrimonial alienation. A scene shows a wife in the kitchen, husband in the living room, thinking their separate thoughts. She: "This must be the three millionth time I've washed this dish. John, tell me to break it. Ask me to sit next to you for a while." He: "Jane, forget that silly dish. Come and sit with me and tell me that all my fears are untrue." But neither utters a word. "Contact can hurt," concludes Narrator Ralph Bellamy, "but not as much as non-contact." ∙BOOKS. A paperback with...
...Hull and Novogrod report that accepted international law says that any country, if asked, may aid the existing government; no country may aid the insurgent. "Admittedly," say the authors, "existing law favors the established government. Admittedly too, at a time when many areas of the world are attempting to break the shackles of colonialism, this result may seem inequitable. When viewed in terms of world order, however, it does not seem overly harsh, especially since outside states need not come to the assistance of oppressive regimes...
...Breaking Backs. The teachers insist that they are technically not striking, which they are forbidden to do by Florida law. Instead they have resigned-a maneuver that happens to violate the terms of their contract. At midweek, Kirk abandoned a politicking junket in the West, flew home to try to resolve the crisis. His first effort-a pleading back-to-work speech addressed to teachers assembled in Miami's Marine Stadium-ended in failure. Irked by the crowd's hostility, Kirk urged them to "get together with one good rousing boo" for the Governor-and drew only...
...half into Half a Sixpence, a horrifying word flashes on the screen: Intermission. Can it be that the spectator, already stupefied by an aimless plot, nameless characters and fameless songs, still has another hour or so to go? He does indeed. And what comes after the popcorn break turns out to be more of the same...