Word: concerns
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Often in the past season, as the Crimson has sped to eight-and nine-goal victories, passing the time has been Blair's biggest concern...
...workers can result in shoddy, unsafe products and accidents in the workplace, executives argue, individual rights must be subordinated to the broader welfare of fellow employees and customers. "We're not on a witch hunt," says Personnel Manager John Hunt of Southern California Edison. "Our No. 1 concern here is safety. We also have a responsibility to our customers. Our meter readers go into people's homes." Independent experts share the executives' concerns. Says Peter Bensinger, a former head of the Drug Enforcement Administration who is now a leading consultant on corporate drug problems: "Companies do have a right...
...Concern is greatest, of course, in industries where mistakes can cost lives. Since 1975, about 50 train accidents have been attributed to drug- or alcohol- impaired workers. In those mishaps, 37 people were killed, 80 were injured, and more than $34 million worth of property was destroyed. In 1979, for instance, a Conrail employee was high on marijuana at the controls of a locomotive when he missed a stop signal and crashed into the rear of another train at Royersford, Pa. The accident killed two people and caused damages amounting...
...adviser. His 24 years of service in Washington have earned him a reputation as a tough but pragmatic U.S. adversary who could be both charming and deceptive (see box). His inclusion in the inner circle of power suggests that U.S.-Soviet relations have become Gorbachev's overriding foreign policy concern. The leading candidates to replace Dobrynin as Ambassador to Washington are Yuli Vorontsov, 56, the Kremlin's suave Ambassador to Paris, and two Deputy Foreign Ministers, Viktor Komplektov, 54, and Georgi Kornienko...
...concern mounted over NASA's handling of the doomed space shuttle Challenger, the space agency's astronaut corps had stayed stoically tight- lipped. When beleaguered NASA officials trotted out four shuttle veterans for a press conference last week, the astronauts expressed concern about the agency's conduct, but not condemnation. In particular, they reserved judgment on reports that NASA had failed to heed warnings that the weather on Jan. 28 was too cold to launch, leading to Challenger's destruction and the deaths of its seven crew members. "I'm not sitting here angry," said Astronaut Vance Brand. "If there...