Word: delay
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...administration jumped in to challenge the verdict. Even though the closeness of the vote may have justified this interference, Harvard's action casts further doubt on its attitude toward workers and their ability to decide their own fate. Such challenges are a common tactic for employers to delay a union's certification and contract negotiations; the University has already dragged out past union election bids for as long as two years--decreasing awareness of the issues among staff and devaluing worker choice. So much for Bok's former support of unions' and workers' right. Apparently, administrators sacrificed these ideals...
...simply running out of room, out of time and out of money for facing these ((garbage-disposal)) problems in the same old way." EPA Administrator Porter has set a goal of having 25% of U.S. garbage recycled by 1992, vs. 10% now. Still, he concedes, recycling success will only delay rather than avert the day when landfills cannot take any more trash. Main problem with recycling: many Americans simply refuse to be bothered with sorting and separating garbage into recyclable and non-recyclable parts. Nor is there any practical way to compel them...
...need as long as 45 days to make a decision. Its options range from reinstating the IBM contract to throwing it out. The delay has drawn criticism from the FAA, which is eager to start overhauling its antiquated air-traffic-control system...
...main engines were to ignite for a critical 20-second test firing last week, a computer detected a problem with a valve that regulates flow in cooling lines; the computer aborted the test. That was the fifth postponement of the engine test in the past two weeks. The latest delay may cause the agency to further set back its launch date, now scheduled for mid-September, by as much as a week. While John ; Talone, who manages work flow on the Discovery, believes a September date is still realistic, some agency officials have been saying privately that the accretion...
...seal on a booster was responsible for the Challenger disaster. In addition, Discovery has a pressure-vent-line leak in one of its orbital maneuvering system engine pods, which came to light several weeks ago. NASA says repairs to the OMS pod, which involve cutting through a bulkhead, could delay the launch anywhere from a week to two months. NASA insists that the repairs and continuing caution during the countdown will be sufficient to fly the orbiter with confidence. Perhaps, but Discovery's trip into space may be farther off than anyone expected...