Word: consultating
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Even as Warsaw held the line against militant workers and farmers, there were signs that it was taking some reform promises seriously. The government last week published a draft program for sweeping economic change that would put greater emphasis on the profit motive, consult worker councils on management decisions and grant more autonomy to individual factories. It would also make concessions to the basic demands of the country's private farmers, who own about 75% of the land and produce 80% of Poland's domestically grown food supply. Among other things, the program called for higher prices...
...missile system or favored abolishing draft registration. Weinberger did, however, also aim a blast at the outgoing Administration. Refusing to endorse the Carter doctrine that the U.S. would go to war to protect its vital interests in the Persian Gulf, he charged that Carter's failure to consult with allies before proclaiming the doctrine was "extraordinarily clumsy and ill-advised...
Herzog and Kennedy continued their negotiations for nearly half an hour, pausing to consult with a player's agent (a recent and much resented addition to such discussions) and to check minor-league scouting reports. Abruptly, the men exchanged handshakes, then departed to announce formally that Cubs Relief Ace Bruce Sutler had been sent to the Cardinals in exchange for Third Baseman Ken Reitz, second-year Outfielder Leon Durham and a St. Louis minor leaguer to be named later. That seemingly casual negotiation was symbolic of baseball's return to its old ways after five years of free...
...full Cabinet under the 1978 Ethics in Government Act, which tightens financial reporting for top Government officers and sets up elaborate rules to guard against a clash between their federal and private lives. Says Meese: "A President-elect used to call up a prospective Cabinet member. He would consult with his wife, call back in 24 hours and the deed was done. Now he has to sit down with a lawyer from the transition team, his own lawyer, his accountant and a number of others...
...plans to provide energy to 13 institutions in the Medical Area, the University suffered deserved humiliation at the hands of the citizens who will have to live in the shadow of the giant plant. And Harvard's financial wizards found out what happens when you don't consult the feelings of residents-in addition to teams of outside efficiency experts-in making such decisions...