Word: june
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Inter-Continental Hotel, headquarters and domicile of the foreign press corps, was similarly threatening. "Somoza flunkies were wandering around saying that newsmen should be taken out and shot," says Diederich. When the staff fled after the hotel had been designated a military target by Sandinistas in mid-June, Diederich and three other foreign journalists abandoned it for what they euphemistically called a "safe house" in the bomb-wracked capital, returning the day the rebels' victory seemed assured...
Before adjourning, the Senate displayed another sign of independence. The White House had called for a 43% reduction in Amtrak routes in order to trim the $600 million annual subsidy. Then came the gas shortage, and Amtrak ridership jumped 24% in June over the year before. So the Senate voted to pare the system by just under 20%. To remain in service, a train must average 150 passengers per mile and lose no more than 7? a mile per passenger. Among the trains that will survive: the New York-New Orleans Southern Crescent, considered the best passenger train...
...early June, Wade negotiated furiously with the tenants. They reached a tentative agreement on May 5, which all parties signed. Both sides had their lawyers write up what they thought they had agreed to. When the two documents were presented the next day, there were serious differences. Zeckhauser said variations stemmed from semantics...
Talks were opened up again in mid-June. A settlement was finally reached on June 18. Both sides now agreed to drop all discussion about the rent increase, accepting whatever the examiner decided, and gradually implementing the increase in steps. Harvard agreed not to raise the rent until March 26, 1981, unless a major capital expense is required. Harvard dropped their eviction threat and paid tenants varying rebatements. All tenants dropped their right to protest violations which had occured in the past...
...resembles any nursery school. But the kids in Palmyra are not the usual class. Their parents are migrant farm workers, mostly Spanish-speaking of Mexican descent, who travel north from Texas to harvest onions in Wisconsin. Their average wage is $3.40 an hour. Families are on the road during June, September and October, school months for most other youngsters. Migrant children are often left by themselves, to pass the summer days playing in the dirt or escaping the heat under trucks and battered cars, while both parents work in the fields...