Word: dustmen
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Brighton, too, not everyone was following Heath's tune. He is campaigning as a moderate "Man of Principle" dedicated chiefly to reducing prices, taxes and strikes. The last issue gained special pungency as the wildcat walkout of 6,000 London "dustmen" entered its third week, spread to other cities and yielded Everests of offal similar to those of New York's 1968 garbage strike. On one issue, however, old-line Tories severely tarnished the progressive image that the party is attempting to acquire. They voted overwhelmingly to end Britain's five-year experimental suspension of capital punishment...
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