Word: jointed
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...discovers that she actually has a social conscience when a labor organizer (Ron Leibman) arrives at her mill to establish a union. Despite his education and his uplifting concerns, he is a rainmaker figure, a man capable of breaking through the various dins (of factory, family and juke joints) that have drowned out the voice of Norma Rae's best instincts. His winning out over her suspicions (there is a romantic attraction here that is wisely left unconsummated) and their joint triumph over a union-busting mill management are the basis for a film that is serious and intelligent...
...came under considerable pressure from his hosts to help get China most-favored-nation status, which would cut U.S. tariff barriers. But China's immediate export potential is modest. The size of the country's mineral and oil reserves is uncertain, and they cannot be quickly exploited. Joint ventures will help, and the most likely schemes will give foreign companies a 49% stake if they put up the cash and expertise in exchange for a share of future production. Talks along these lines are already going on with major U.S. oil companies, which want to explore offshore. China...
...joint conference committee of the state House of Representatives and Senate formulated a compromise measure raising the drinking age to 20 in a single afternoon. The compromise followed the House's vote to phase in a drinking age of 21 and the Senate's decision to raise the drinking...
Chung's bill, which came up before the joint Health Care Committee last week, seeks to codify the mature minor rule. The Supreme Judicial Court defined a mature minor as one who is capable of giving informed consent (to an operation or medication...
...desirable neighborhoods go "condo" or "co-op." The owner of a cooperative buys shares in a corporation that owns his entire building and land; the number of shares depends on the size and desirability of his apartment. By contrast, a condominium buyer owns his apartment outright and has joint title with the other condo owners to the land surrounding his building...