Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Once Carter got word that the miners had solidly voted down the contract, which he himself had endorsed just six days before, confrontation was inevitable. On Monday, Carter met with 14 congressional leaders in the Cabinet Room of the White House and told them that he wanted to invoke Taft-Hartley for a "reasonable period of time." After that, he would be willing to "look at the alternatives...
...order of brushing a speck of coal dust out of the eye. "We may be harassed, fined, put in jail," says Jim Nuccetelli of Cokeburg, Pa., "some of us might even die. But we'd rather die on the surface than in the mines under that contract...
...belligerent, self-confident kind of miner. The average age in the mines has dropped from 49 in 1968 to around 31 today. Many of the younger miners either fought in the Viet Nam War or protested it. They are independent, outspoken and not addicted to regular work. The new contract provides for five days of work a week for 50 weeks a year, a two-week paid vacation and ten extra days of paid holidays. A miner can work six or even seven days a week if he wants to, but he generally doesn't. Many miners take three...
That's right. For the price of a bursar's card (about $7000 these days) you can walk to the IAB, climb three floors to the gymnasium, and relive those glory days of high school, wondering why Frank McLaughlin never offered you a nocut contract with the varsity hoop squad...
...year, Steinbrenner decided to exercise his Prussian sense of humor. He castigated the pitcher to reporters on the grounds that Lyle had a contractual obligation to report to camp early. Actually, Lyle was not bound to report until March 1. When he showed up-four days ahead of the contract deadline-Steinbrenner dispatched a high school band to the airport to play Pomp and Circumstance, while majorettes high-kicked their greetings. No man to be taken aback, Lyle quickly snuggled into the chorus line...