Word: halt
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...side wants a strike, the union seems prepared to walk out if necessary. The Teamsters' bargaining council called for a strike authorization vote by its locals over the weekend, and approval by a large margin was expected. Since such a stoppage could bring the economy to a wrenching halt, the Carter Administration has made clear that it will move quickly to end any strike, probably by invoking the Taft-Hartley Act. That would require a 90-day cooling-off period, during which the truckers would be under court order to stay...
...against her, she faked to one side of Sudikoff's body and attacked the other for a touch that had, apparently, tied the score. But after persuasion from the Dartmouth coach and the surrounding crowd, the director reversed his decision, saying the fake had come before the "halt", but the touch after...
...could not halt a string of four straight defeats, including two losses to Penn's Paul Frieberg, who won the event, and Cornell's Jeff Estabrook, who tied for second in the preliminaries...
...states began several years after South Yemen gained its independence from Britain in 1967. The people of the two Yemens consider themselves to be one nation, but the radically different political views of their governments have made reunion impossible. According to North Yemen, Aden mounted the latest invasion to halt an embarrassing exodus from the south-perhaps 20,000 people since last June. The North Yemenis also charged that the invading forces had killed "large numbers of women and children" in an assault led by Soviet-supplied planes, tanks and artillery. Although claims to captured territory were difficult to verify...
...statement released this week by Michael Weiner, head of the new management, says Hemisphere is "not legally bound by any agreement between the station's union and WBCN's previous management." It concludes by calling for a halt to the union's 18-day strike and an "atmosphere of mutual understanding and respect...