Word: extended
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Cabinet is also addressing broader issues of special interest to women. It is reviewing proposals for an expansion of day care. It has declared its intention to extend paid maternity leave from 18 weeks to 26 weeks by 1990. And work weeks for both men and women will be shortened starting in January from 40 to 37 1/2 hours...
...University offered this week to extend the contract of Dunwalke Associate Professor of American History Alan Brinkley, making it possible for the popular junior professor to remain here despite his failure to earn tenure...
Brinkley said Spence offered to extend hisappointment in a letter received several days...
...Australians do not owe us their loyalty, nor will they continue to extend their friendship if we continue to abuse it. If there is a strong link between our countries, it is more because of our hearts than because of our guns or money. And when we add insult to injury by ignoring the Australians' protests at the same time as we damage their economy, we needlessly imperil a valuable friendship...
Supporters claim that gamma-ray exposure offers an alternative to controversial pesticides, fumigants and preservatives, and protects human health by killing parasites like trichina worms in pork and bacteria like salmonella, which causes food poisoning. Irradiation, they note, can extend shelf life. "We see the day when you can go into a supermarket and buy a barbecued chicken that has been cooked, vacuum-packed and irradiated. It can sit on the shelf for eight years, and all you'll have to do is heat it up," predicts Physicist Martin Welt, founder of Radiation Technology...