Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Palestinian organization, the Syrian-backed Saiqa, has put out a contract on Sadat's life. If he were assassinated, either by a random fanatic or a committed rejectionist, Egypt might well be ruled by a military leftist more attuned to the radical Arab message. But for the moment, at least, Sadat is politically secure at home...
Faces covered with grit and hearts filled with distrust toward both union and company leaders, the nation's 165,000 male and 800 female unionized coal miners walked off their jobs last weekend, 48 hours before the expiration Monday midnight of the United Mine Workers' contract with the coal companies. (With so little time remaining, few miners felt compelled to work beyond the shift ending at midnight Saturday, and the companies were not scheduling Monday production.) Thus began what will probably be a long stoppage, perhaps twice as long as the 32-day walkout in 1974, over...
Despite the presence of a federal mediator at their last bargaining session, spokesmen for Harvard and the union representing most of the employees in the University Printing Office yesterday reported the two sides are still far from agreeing on a new contract...
...bookbinders and compositors in the Printing Office have been working without a contract since November , when their last pact expired...
...deeply rooted" in the force, the report finds. Officers' concerns about job security, equity in promotions and greater internal communication divide the department--a finding that should hardly surprise members of the Harvard Police Association, the union that has made the "morale question" a key issue in stalled contract negotiations...