Word: labored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...recent years, often after much debate, many colleges have changed to the new system, in which the fall term begins right after Labor Day and ends with exams before Christmas...
Faculty were reluctant to accept the new system because they thought it would infringe on their research time, she says. The new calendar requires many faculty to come back to the campus before Labor Day to prepare for classes, and the preparation often conflicts with important professional meetings in late August, Hall says...
...Brown students, who were generally in favor of the change, are also finding fault with the new schedule, Hall says. She says it is difficult for students to return to Brown only a day after the Labor Day weekend, because it is hard for them to leave their summer jobs...
...been in a lot of labor disputes but thisone has class," Steiner said, prompting laughterand applause...
Once a port of call for NATO warships, Malta under Labor increasingly turned to the Soviet Union, North Korea and Libya for economic and military aid. So close were security ties with Libyan Strongman Muammar Gaddafi that Maltese officials tried to warn Tripoli minutes before last year's U.S. air raid on Libya...