Word: forde
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...many Britons it was like turning back the clock. After behaving meekly for years, British trade unions last week were suddenly flexing their muscles again. Ferry workers, autoworkers, schoolteachers, firemen and nurses all were in the streets. Among the hardest-hit targets was the British subsidiary of Ford of Europe. Nearly all the firm's 32,500 workers at 22 auto plants walked off the job after rejecting a three-year contract that would have provided modest pay increases...
Many economic analysts think the new union upsurge is a product of Britain's current prosperity. Since 1980 the British gross domestic product has risen by 19.8%, while company profits have surged. Says Ernie Velox, an assembly-line worker at Ford's 560-acre plant in Dagenham, England: "They're making major profits. Now we're asking for something...
...Vincent Barabba, former director of the Census Bureau under the Nixon, Ford and Carter Administrations says that adjusting undercounted groups is generally advisable--at least for future censuses...
...president calling him a liar in New Hampshire and viciously attacking him on the floor of the Senate last week. Now that Dole is going on the offensive, his malevolent approach may damage his image as powerfully as it did in his bid for the vice presidency on the Ford ticket in 1976. What a guy to negiotiate peace treaties-- watch out Gorbachev...
News Editor for this Issue: John C. Yoo '89 Night Editors: Julie L. Belcove '89 Martha A. Bridegam '89 Noam S. Cohen '89 Ross G. Forman '90 Susan B. Glasser '90 Copy Editor: Liam T.A. Ford '91 Editorial Editors: Laurie M. Grossman '89 John C. Yoo '89 Photo Editor: Brian J. Williams '89 Features Editor: Brooke A. Masters '89 Sports Editor: Casey J. Lartigue, Jr. '89 Business Editor: Amy J. Merritt...