Word: lessens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tenants are still interested in co-op management, McMahon said, not primarily as a way of saving money, but as a "means to lessen the amount of time we waste in dealing with the Real Estate Department...
...says. Archie Marietta, president of Teamsters Local 208 in Los Angeles, says that he has never heard of the sleeper test. "But if Bitsy is a good-looking woman," he says, "I wouldn't be surprised if some drivers didn't try to use it." To lessen chances for sexual harassment on the road, the coalition is demanding separate rooms for male and female drivers on overnight stops, and relay driving (with just one driver on each stretch of the run). The coalition's other demands: on-the-job training for women; no special tests for drivers...
...opponents of porn, that is one of the problems. Will porn's power to lessen inhibitions, which has perhaps already won some acceptance for practices long regarded as aberrant, do the same for rape and sadomasochism, both now part of the usual repertoire of film and printed porn? Writer Irving Kristol complains porn is considered harmless "by the very same people who seem convinced that advertisements in magazines or displays of violence on television do indeed have the power to corrupt...
...Triangle Paper on the problem of international consultations argues for improved consultative procedures through which governments would face difficult issues early, informally and without drama. This would "lessen the shock of sudden action and minimize embarrassment to a friendly state...
...well). So the FTC ordered Warner-Lambert not only to stop making the claims but to include a statement in the next $10.2 million worth of Listerine ads-about one year's budget-that "contrary to prior advertising, Listerine will not help prevent colds or sore throats or lessen their severity...