Word: busting
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...fellow at the Institute of Politics. Both The Crimson and Mr. Hoge have been involved in protests recently: The Crimson's renovations contractor because it employed non-union labor; Hoge because he is the former publisher of The New York Daily News, infamous in liberal circles for attempting to "bust" unions at the tabloid...
...passed by Congress last week to help those for whom the times are toughest: an estimated 2.4 million unemployed workers who have exhausted their jobless benefits. Bush views the price tag as too high -- $6.4 billion to extend benefits for up to 20 weeks -- and contends the measure would bust the five-year budget agreement that the Administration and Congress reached last fall. The jobless-benefits bill has enough votes to override a veto in the House, but probably not in the Senate...
...equipment company that has totted up $1.5 billion worth of new orders this year, largely from Asia and Latin America. But merchandise exports amount to just 7% of American GNP and can scarcely drag the economy out of the doldrums single-handedly. Moreover, the manufacturing boom could quickly go bust if nervous domestic consumers don't start opening their wallets soon...
...bust followed a three-month undercover investigation of suspected cocaine dealers, Cambridge Police Lt. Richard Bongiorno told The Associated Press. Bongiorno said that the arrests began over the weekend and would continue over the next few days...
...failing banks rode high on the real estate boom before plunging in the wake of the New England bust. The winning bidders will be influential in determining the flow of money in New Hampshire in years to come...