Word: cesare
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Front has named itself after Augusto Cesar Sandino, a Nicaraguan patriot who alternately battled, defeated and eluded U.S. Marines in the hills for seven years before he was tricked and murdered by the original Somoza in 1933. The Marines, sent to enforce Nicaragua's payment of loans held by North-American banks, were not the first imperialists to interfere in Nicaragua's affairs...
...HOUSTON--A strong ball club in a stronger division. The Astros will sorely miss the services of pitcher Don Wilson, who died by asphyxiation during the off season. Other than a lack of depth in the pitching department sluggers Cesar Cedeno and last year's Rookie of the Year Greg Gross provide plenty of offensive muscle...
...TEXAS--Just a step off the pace, Billy Martin's Rangers sport the leagues' MVP and RBI leader in Jeff Burroughts. Willie Davis and Cesar Tovar add to the slugging along with the excellent first baseman, Mike Hargrove...
...economic necessity, not free choice. Many, finding the contract unenforced, have refused to pay dues. When Frank Fitzsimmons, president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, went to speak in Salinas. Calif... in June 1974. "Teamster" lettuce workers left the fields to picket his conference. When Cesar Chavez went to Salinas five days later, 3500 "Teamster" lettuce workers went to a UFW rally...
...controlled and compelling. And his job as a San Joaquin, California, newsman gives him the kind of long-term familiarity with the issues that many journalists, writing about the farmworkers in absentia, lack. The central issue, according to Baker, is not wages or benefits but the radical nature of Cesar Chayez's union, in contrast to the standard Teamsters' centralized union...