Word: focusing
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Although elections still command much of the spotlight, the UFW has to focus its very limited resources on getting negotiations underway. For example, at Coachella Growers (citrus), the UFW won the union election, but the company has harassed workers by stopping bus service and cutting back the work week. Workers must now get up at 4 a.m. if they wish to commute; otherwise they must live in the labor camp which is expensive and only accomodates men. Growers have said no to a UFW hiring hall, no to a grievance procedure, and no to UFW medical and pension plans...
...apologies for his flair, he insisted. It had all been intentional. "I rarely did anything impetuously. The steps were prepared over a long period of time," he said. "But then things were done dramatically. We had to have drama to focus the attention of the American people ... I think that most Americans liked shuttle diplomacy...
There were currents of change in American foreign policy during Kissinger's days in Washington, and Nixon could not make the American people feel entirely comfortable about them. "It was a time to generate and focus people's hopes." Then came Watergate and the isolation of Nixon, and the Secretary of State was forced into a near-presidential role that would have been "unthinkable under any other circumstances...
...would be made. Feldman followed his ultimatum by inviting Porter and Brown to breakfast. On the menu: bagels, Nova Scotia salmon and soft soap. Bagel diplomacy seems to have worked, but the rest of the league may live to regret it. The Pistons' combativeness has shifted its focus; Detroit players have been in fistfights with opponents during three straight games...
...task force said in its report released last November that the General Education program has lost its focus...