Word: hires
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...practice, Che himself compounded the fallacy of his theories by breaking even his most basic rules. In Bolivia, he not only underestimated the army's capability: he also misjudged the mood of the campesinos, who wanted nothing to do with his revolution. To recruit guerrillas, Che had to hire men off the streets with promises of jobs, then terrorize them into fighting for him. "The inhabitants of the region are as impenetrable as rocks," he scribbled in his notebook. "You talk to them, and in the depths of their eyes it can be seen that they...
...meeting with the presidents was followed by three sessions during November with various Cambridge planning officials, including several representatives of Harvard and M.I.T. at which it was decided to have Cambridge apply for the two federal grants. It was also agreed that the City would hire a man to specialize in seeing its federal grant applications through to completion. Justin M. Gray was hired to fill this post...
...another air-safety move, President Johnson requested $7,000,000 from Congress to hire and train 900 additional FAA air-traffic controllers to help sort increasingly heavy airplane traffic and prevent mid-air collisions. The President also asked Transportation Secretary Alan S. Boyd to draw up a long-term safety program, whose estimated $5 billion cost for "facilities, equipment and personnel" would be largely financed out of user charges...
...letter writing and advertising paid off, at least in volume, and by mid-summer Shurcliff had to hire two part-time secretaries. He has appeared on television and been written up in countless national publications; a clipping service sends him almost 20 clippings a day from newspapers and magazines, 95 per cent favorable...
...Reuther knows only too well, the lack of contracts with G.M. and Chrysler frees those companies to hire and fire at will. It also suspends payroll deductions for union dues, enables the companies to ignore seniority rights and normal grievance arbitration procedures. Beyond that, by making the U.A.W.'s constitutional ban against wildcat strikes inoperative, the contract expirations will no doubt encourage union militants to stage local walkouts. Any production curtailment at G.M. or Chrysler would ease one of the main pressures on Ford to come to terms...