Word: labored
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...forcing the issue now will do no good and could do harm by giving Shamir an excuse to dig in his heels. Likud has consolidated its strength in recent local elections, so it would be folly to peg American diplomacy to the more pliable policies of the weakened Labor Party...
...more than $4.25. Last week the House passed a measure that would gradually increase the wage to $4.55 by 1992. The Senate, scheduled to take up the issue next week, is unlikely to adopt a rate any closer to Bush's limit. Edward Kennedy, chairman of the Senate Labor and Human Resources Committee, has sponsored a proposal that would boost the rate to $4.65 an hour...
...fact that five prominent American Jews coaxed Arafat until he finally got his rhetoric right in December demonstrated the changing role of American Jewry. When one of the quintet, Menachem Rosensaft, returned from the Stockholm meeting with Arafat, an effort was made to oust him as head of the Labor Zionist Alliance and member of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations. He survived the attempted purge, and remains a vehement critic of Likud policy. "I am particularly troubled," he says, "by the arrogant position that they do not have to come forward with anything constructive...
...Conference of Presidents and the American Israel Public Affairs Committee ignored Jerusalem's cue to protest Washington's decision to deal with the P.L.O. Moreover, there has been a growing inclination by Jewish leaders to display what has been quietly obvious for years: a preference for the Israeli Labor Party's more flexible approach. Theodore Mann, former head of the American Jewish Congress, argues that Jewish activists should "try to make a difference. Through some process there should be an exchange of land for peace with security...
...Jewish Committee shows similar feelings among rank-and-file American Jews. The survey found that 58% of American Jews endorse and 18% oppose Israeli-P.L.O. negotiations, provided Arafat's recognition of Israel and renunciation of terrorism are genuine. The poll found that, by a lesser margin, they favor Labor over Likud...