Word: civilizations
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...despised for its violations of human rights, declined to send any officials to watch the final, though the Dutch ambassador, who had been criticized severely in his parliament for speaking up mildly for the Argentines, was to be a spectator. The Argentines, a wounded nation recovering from an undeclared civil war of hideous brutality between extreme left and extreme right, needed a celebration, and had turned the World Cup into one with a joyousness that went far beyond even the fanatical emotional overload customarily expected of soccer...
...contract talks. Instead of quietly urging the chiefs to hold down wage demands, the White House has publicly and repeatedly insisted that they settle for no more than 5.5% a year-the same raise that Carter has said he will approve later this summer for 1,350,000 civil service workers. In fact, postal workers already earn an average wage of $15,423 a year, nearly 50% more than the national average for private nonfarm workers...
...percentage points too low. Load factors, which ran at 54% last year, are climbing into the mid-60s. The outlook: the best year ever for U.S. lines, with revenues reaching $22 billion and earnings up $100 million, to $700 million. But passenger discontent is rising even faster. The Civil Aeronautics Board is receiving a record number of complaints. Departure delays, which totaled 6,800 during the first three weeks of June, are running ahead of last year's rate...
...this efficiency is not less litigation or less crime, but a tight rein on dilatory lawyers through strict scheduling and the establishment of procedures to cut out unessential steps. Sometimes hearing the appeal itself is unnecessary. Under the court's civil appeals management plan, opposing lawyers are routinely brought together to explore the possibility of settling the case before the circuit court judges will even hear it. As a result, the number of cases settled or withdrawn before hearing last year in the Second was one-third higher than in the other circuits. If the case goes forward, further...
...child last year. Forced to leave their $425-a-month apartment in Los Angeles' Marina del Rey, they fought the eviction in municipal court and lost. Now they live in a condominium at roughly twice the cost of their old apartment, and are appealing the case under California civil rights law. If they win, a lot of ADULTS ONLY signs will come down, at least in California: an estimated 60% of Los Angeles apartments do not rent to children, a figure that climbs to 75% for apartments under $450 a month and up to 80% in the city...