Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...professors at the Law School suggest he may have been too willing to sacrifice accuracy for that commercial success. A friend in Turow's 1L section, who asked not to be identified, said, "The thing I wonder about Scott is, he came to the Law School with a contract from his publishers, so he knew he was writing the book right from the start. During our 1L year he formed a study group known for writing big outlines, and I think the group actually created tension in our section. I don't know that his story might not be exaggerated...
...NATION'S COAL STRIKE enters its 15th week--and it may very well go on longer, if the third contract offer by the Bituminous Coal Operators Association (BCOA) to the UMWA is not accepted by the rank-and-file--it is wise to remember exactly how important the strike is, both to the UMWA and to American labor in general...
...bitterly-contested three-way race, was re-elected as union president last June with barely 40 per cent of the vote, and has certainly given the miners nothing to be cheerful about in the past few months. The UMWA is rare in that the membership votes on all contracts; it is thought that the union president will not test his prestige on contracts the rank-and-file are likely to reject. Miller has already done this, on a contract that contained such regressive measures as the fining of miners who walk-out on wildcat strikes $110 a week, expelling from...
...third contract, while stripped of these oppressive features, does force the miners to pay up to $200 a year in medical costs. In an industry that has most working miners receiving minor injuries on a weekly basis and retired miners who make periodic visits to the hospital for black lung checks and other assorted ailments that come from a lifetime of hard work, it is obvious that the $200 will be paid immediately, perhaps in the first month of the year. In this matter, the federal government should intercede; for 30 years the cost of basic medical care...
...appears that the vote on this latest contract will be close--it contains a healthy pay increase, and exhausted miners with doctor bills and car payments to meet seem anxious to get back to work. Haste should be cautioned; a speedy resolution of the current impasse will lead only to another three-year period of wildcats and another long strike at contract time, with the further erosion of an already-weakened union the result. But for the time being, we cannot lose sight of the long-range implications of this long-range strike, for both the UMWA and other industrial...