Word: laying
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...there has also been, from the Chinese point of view, a welcome change of attitude within the Soviet camp. Said an East European observer: "We ourselves never thought that in the Sino-Soviet dispute the fault lay solely with the Chinese...
...strike by 36,000 Canadian autoworkers against General Motors started out two weeks ago as only a minor nuisance for the giant automaker, but it soon escalated into a major problem. Because of parts shortages caused by the walkout, GM had to lay off 40,965 hourly workers at 30 U.S. plants in ten states. Canadian Union Boss Robert White was demanding that his GM workers receive a bigger wage increase than the one their U.S. counterparts got in their new contract. White, though, was under heavy pressure from United Auto Workers President Owen Bieber to settle the strike quickly...
...more than l½ years. But the Dallas-based carrier, which converted to a discount airline last September, has not regained its cruising speed. Last week, in an apparent act of desperation, Braniff said it would cut its fleet of 30 jetliners to ten and indicated that it may lay off as many as 1,200 of its 2,100 workers. The carrier will halt service on Nov. 5 to ten cities now on its route map, including Detroit, Houston and Philadelphia. Braniff also announced that its president, William Slattery, had left the airline to become head...
PepsiCo is a parent corporation for six operating divisions which include Pepsi-Cola, Frito-Lay and Taco Bell...
...THEIR subjects that make Tennesee Williams's plays unique. The obvious and oblique references to homosexuality, or the peculiar view of the South that can be both proud and self-deprecating are both taken up by other playwrights. And Williams can't lay sole claim to heavy-handedly spelling out the message for the audience, either...