Word: joining
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...major reason is obvious and ominous: the ever increasing influence of federal law and regulation over the lives of all Americans, as well as over the businesses they operate and the groups they join. The Federal Government now has rules ranging from the establishment of whisky tax rates to the placement of toilets on construction sites, from the design of atomic power plants to the milk content of ice cream, from foreign arms sales to childproof tops on aspirin bottles. A single clause tucked away in the Federal Register of regulations (this year's version has already grown...
...entrepreneur must recruit a few loyal aides and work them hard. Young oenology graduates clamor to join Heitz because he is demanding, and he has them do everything. To them, he is a combination of Captain Bligh and Father Flanagan. With Heitz working alongside, they perform every operation: run the crushers and the bottling line, even paint the barrel hoops black because Joe wants them to look neat. His philosophy: "If your place looks like you don't care, your employees won't care. And extreme meticulousness is the most important factor in making fine wine." Or almost...
...committed pacifist, Father Prosser has tried to persuade his students not to join the wokamana (boys) in the Patriotic Front forces training across the border in Mozambique. "I pleaded with them not to go, to think for God's sake of their parents. But in every single case it had no effect whatsoever." Not only did a fifth of the 450 boys in the upper school leave, but, he says, those who did go "were the best intellectually, the best morally...
...wants to avoid another boom-bust cycle. Boeing's first choice for a partner would be British Aircraft Corp., which would give the new planes a European flavor and make them easier to market within the European Community. So far, the British have not decided whether to join Boeing or Airbus. The United decision may give them a nudge...
Walsh has decided that if he can't beat the system, he should join it: enrolled in a program for first offenders that could lead to dismissal of the charges, he has applied for welfare...