Word: contraction
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Gain Revenge. Indeed, until his sudden disappearance last week, Hoffa had seemed indestructible-the same man of incredibly concentrated will power and vitality who had expanded the union during his presidency from 1.4 million to 2.2 million members and in 1964 won the first nationwide trucking contract, which covered 400,000 Teamsters and 16,000 companies...
...other balking union leaders threatened a strike, though the devastation that could be caused by a walkout of police or firemen is apparent. Shanker, who was the most intransigent of all the labor leaders, left the negotiations before they finished, apparently because his local teachers' union contract expires next month and he will be negotiating for a substantial raise...
McInally said that he will remain with the Bengals for the year, although not as an official player. A clause in his contract states that the team carries 43 players, and he will not be counted as one of them although he will receive a full salary...
...withdraw your child from the play," they suggest. They also argue that parents have every right to tell their children to refuse rituals like pledging allegiance to the flag if the parents consider them symbols of a society that "has not lived up to its part of the contract with black people." If they believe this, say the authors, parents might explain to a child: " 'Liberty and justice for all' should mean you but it doesn't." At the same time, they should suggest some kind of substitute ritual like a "pledge to humanity...
Reksten also signed a contract in 1973 for construction of four new 420,000-ton supertankers to add to his fleet of a dozen. But the world recession and quintupled prices for oil depressed demand for petroleum and thus for tankers. As a result, Reksten canceled the contract, and now must pay Norway's Aker shipyards damages of $67 million. The Norwegian government this month came to his rescue: it agreed to buy shares in several Reksten companies for $35 million. The government will become sole owner of an oil-rig contracting firm, but Reksten will keep control...