Word: foothold
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...here, and the condos aren't. We've got a foothold!" bellows Renegade-in-Chief Brian Moreland (Timothy Hutton), and scores of miniature he-men scurry about with sandbags, grenades and machine guns. The war cry would be perfect at a Cambridge tenants' union meeting, but would 150 teenagers take on an armored National Guard division over a real estate dispute? That is, after all, the kind of thing that can ruin a kid's transcript...
...frighten workers away from District 65's side. The allegations were never substantiated, though the University's anti-union forces--led by Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University--readily admitted they had waged a vigorous campaign. Why was Harvard so opposed to the union getting a foothold in the Med Area? Publicly, officials like Steiner, associate general counsel for labor relations Edward W. Powers and head of personnel Daniel Canter all cited the negative effects of "fragmented" bargaining units. In other words, a union for secretaries in only one sector of the University would lead to an uneven...
...among the hottest of the hot new high-tech darlings of Wall Street. Applicon, a leader in the field, with fiscal 1980 sales of $75 million, is being taken over by New York City-based Schlumberger Ltd., the big oilfield services firm, which is anxious to establish a strong foothold in the field...
...suburban area. In Chicago, the Sun-Times (circ. 661, 531) is known for investigative reporting: last week it broke the Cardinal Cody story. Two recent entries indicate there may be life in the old format yet. In Philadelphia, the Journal (circ. 109,622), founded in 1977, is gaining a foothold with a sprightly mix of sports and gossip. Near by, the 106-year-old Delaware County Times converted itself last June 15 from a 25? afternoon broadsheet (circ. 39,000) to a 10? morning tabloid. In just ten weeks, circulation has risen to 49,000 and advertising linage has increased...
...ties to the Soviet Union, which supplied the SA-6 missiles that were the cause of contention. At their summit meeting, Sadat said that he and Begin had a "full understanding," in the words of the Prime Minister, about the dangers of the Soviets' getting a firmer foothold in the Middle East...