Word: equality
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Noyce occasionally slips into sappiness, he finishes with a sentimental flourish equal to Norman Rockwell. When Maguire refuses to sell out to corporate forces, you can't resist a smile and a heartthrob at lines like: "He's running towards a precipice with his eyes wide open." "No, he's just a bit old-fashioned...
Even with the spill, estimates are that the Bay of Campeche contains reserves of well over 5 billion bbl., an amount equal to all that the U.S. imports over 20 months. So the company plans to place twelve new rigs in the area this year...
...requests was for a unique dispensation from the tax code's complex "loss carry-back and carry-forward" provisions to permit Chrysler's net operating losses to be applied now against future profits. Result: Chrysler would get a refund from the Treasury equal to the amount of taxes it would have paid if it had had profits instead of losses...
Although both sides are equally matched in rhetoric, the advantage on the field had been held for several years by the pro-choice forces, fighting mainly in the courts. Now the momentum has swung to the pro-life groups, and the struggle has shifted to the political arena. The pro-lifers operate on the premise that in a close election, a single-issue group's ability to arouse legions of morally and religiously inspired campaign workers and voters can provide a decisive edge at the polls. The beneficiaries are usually conservative candidates. Moreover, to increase their clout...
...were caught in a bind. If they gave minorities a break to remedy racial imbalance in hiring, they risked suits from rejected whites like Weber. But if they had a racially imbalanced work force and did nothing about it, they risked getting sued by minorities as well as the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC); they also stood a chance of losing their federal contracts. With Weber, they now have some guidance on what they can and cannot...