Word: labored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...hardscrabble town of Marianna, Ark. (pop. 6,200), near the Mississippi River, has no movie theater but plenty of boarded-up storefronts. Summer work for teenagers can mean wrenching labor in the rice and soybean fields. Young black men know that if they want something better, they have to go elsewhere...
...people lined up outside Houston's Immigration and Naturalization Service office had camped overnight with blankets and lawn chairs. At the Dallas INS office, a pregnant Hispanic woman stepped out of line into a bathroom and went into labor. Throughout the U.S. last month, 200,000 aliens rushed to apply for legal status before a yearlong amnesty program expires on May 4. To qualify, they must prove they were residing in the U.S. before...
...Dukakis in terms that are as dramatic as possible -- in part because the two have similar stolid images but Dukakis is better on television. The Bush camp foresees a close election, with neither side conceding any significant bloc of voters. "We're going after every traditional democratic constituency, including labor, blacks, Hispanics, Jews and ethnics," vows Bush Spokesman Peter Teeley...
...officials cracked down on the two major strikes, other work stoppages were reported in Poland. The strikes and stoppages represent the worst wave of labor unrest to hit Poland since the military crackdown...
...Labor experts said that under the ReaganAdministration union-busting in the private sectorhas become easier, leading several major unions torefocus their efforts on private higher education.The Harvard union drive, following close on theheels of the Yale union victory and taking placeat one of the nation's most respected educationalinstitutions, is being watched carefully, theexperts said...