Word: manuals
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...divided and contentious nation. So much so, in fact, that he has chosen to use the prestige of his high office to speak out on the troubling issues that transcend politics. He derives much of his inspiration from American history, and quotes approvingly from Thomas Jefferson's manual of decorum, which urged restraint on the uninhibited behavior of colonial legislators...
...eventually follow. She is a member of an "environmental systems group" that does regional planning for the Bechtel Corp., one of the nation's leading design-construction firms. She finds no incongruity between her sex and her job. "Girls make very good engineers," she insists. "There is no manual labor, and they can keep ideas straight...
...pains to ensure that regional organizations complied with the nonviolence pledge. One recalcitrant office was told to shut down, and all potential participants were warned that any violence, even trashing, would earn them the dread label of "pig provocateur." The theme was driven home with a 135-page, multicolored manual, one of the most thorough guerrilla guide books in the U.S. today. Still another manual gave regional leaders a step-by-step guide to Mayday tactics. Instructions on how to choke some 21 key sites read: "The regional groups will be broken into units of 10-25 people. The units...
...speaking on campuses, recruiting raiders and issuing reports. In recent months Nader and his associates have released studies on pollution of the Savannah River, the condition of nursing homes, and nationwide water pollution. Two investigations have resulted in books: One Life, One Physician and What to Do -An Action Manual for Lemon Owners. Forthcoming, among other things, are reports on occupational health and safety, the antitrust division of the Department of Justice, and California land policy. Though at first Nader's charges often seemed extreme and wildly exaggerated, he has so often been right and so seldom off base...
...only proposal not approved by the faculty was a text relating to academic standards and performance to be published in a manual entitled "Academic Standards and Administrative Policies and Procedures," which is distributed each fall to M. B. A. students and faculty members...