Word: hammering
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...ruling made it unlikely that the masterminds of the murders would quickly, if ever, be punished. For that reason, the AFL-CIO last week in Washington revealed details of the killings and their aftermath that had not yet been made public. Two of the victims, Michael Peter Hammer, 42, an agrarian reform specialist, and Lawyer Mark David Pearlman, 36, were in El Salvador on assignment for the American Institute for Free Labor Development, the AFL-CIO's Latin-American arm. The third victim, José Rodolfo Viera, 43, was both head of the farmworkers' union and president...
...Julian Hammer...
...Begin began to push his luck. Now, indirect involvement in the slaughter of Palestinians may suffice to topple the government. Indeed, Begin's Energy Minister Yitzhak Berman has already handed in his resignation. Other members of the cabinet--including Deputy Foreign Minister Yehuda Ben-Meir and Education Minister Zvulun Hammer--are reportedly thinking of quitting. And in Parliament, the Prime Minister's shaky coalition would have much trouble surviving a no-confidence vote. So Begin...
...offer was a fittingly dramatic move for Hammer, still an irrepressible empire builder at age 84. With Hammer at the helm, Occidental has grown in 25 years from a small, nearly bankrupt firm to an energy colossus with annual revenues of more than $14 billion. Much of the company's oil, however, comes from such politically unstable parts of the world as North Africa and South America. The firm has been anxious to increase its domestic holdings, yet it found few opportunities for obtaining energy property in the U.S. Hammer told TIME: "If you want elephants, you go where...
...general counsel, seemed to support that charge: "We were ready, willing and able to negotiate on any aspect of the proposed merger." But Gulf obviously was not. Said Chairman Lee: "I don't have the stomach to go through any such mess." Apparently Armand Hammer, even at 84, has a stronger stomach...