Word: joining
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...labor law expert, defended the right ofemployees to make their own decision on the union."Our workers have every right to join a union.They have every right to a free and fairelection," he said...
...committee vote fell roughly along party lines, with Sen. Arlen Specter of Pennsylvania the only Republican to join eight Democrats in recommending rejection of Bork's nomination. The committee's five other Republicans were. on Bork's side...
...gulf strike were the efforts of Admiral William Crowe, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. Contending that it is far better to prevent minelaying than to hunt for explosives after they are planted, Crowe overrode interservice rivalries and dispatched a specially equipped and trained Army unit to join the gulf fleet. Three weeks ago he visited Rear Admiral Harold Bernsen, commander of the Middle East Force on the command ship U.S.S. La Salle off Bahrain. The two officers worked on the plans to track and catch Iranian vessels capable of laying mines. Crowe gave Bernsen freedom to move swiftly...
...Boston and New York as well as Washington during an eight-day visit. The most important stop and clearly the most difficult was the Oval Office. In a 20-minute chat, Arias and Reagan struggled to avoid stumbling over their obvious disagreements. The two Presidents were able to join in endorsing a proposal for $3.5 million in nonlethal U.S. aid for the contras. The appropriation, approved the following day by the House, is intended to tide them over until the Nov. 7 start of a regional cease-fire called for by the Guatemala plan. Reagan and his Costa Rican guest...
...comet. Sagdeyev chose to build Vega around the proven, off-the-shelf technology of the Venera probes. But he wanted the scientific instruments to be custom designed, even though the expertise was not available within the U.S.S.R. So he recruited scientists from nine countries, including the U.S., to join the project. That was unheard-of in security-conscious Soviet space circles. Recalls Sagdeyev: "Sometimes my opponents, in order to take over, were almost ready to say that I was too much for foreign cooperation. But if you have a belief that what you are doing is right, you can survive...