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...Maloney hoped to gain from concerns about corporate greed when local hardware company Stanley Works considered reincorporating in Bermuda to reduce taxes. He sponsored a bill to end the practice. Johnson countered with one that would put a three-year moratorium on such moves. Johnson's g.o.p. colleagues on the Ways and Means Committee then tried to block Maloney from testifying for his bill...
...case in Cambridge politics, boil down to shouting slogans in an attempt to pander to extremists. Galluccio gave honest and reasonable consideration to the University’s construction proposals and was open to creative solutions, as exemplified by his courageous stance as the only councillor who opposed a moratorium on any development in the Riverside neighborhood. His respect for the University’s contributions was exemplified in his selection of the ARCO Forum as the site for his state of the city address...
...Daewoo's factory workers may finally be coming to the realization that having American managers is better than having no jobs at all. The union has ceded ground to Zahner on key issues, such as its collective bargaining agreement. Under the old agreement, there was a five-year moratorium on layoffs and a clause granting the union the right to determine which cars were made in which plants. GM refused to acquire Daewoo until the agreement was altered to eliminate such un-American hindrances. In the end, the Detroit automaker bought two plants in Korea and one in Vietnam...
...current crackdown is unprecedented. Scores of illegal immigrants have been arrested; some have been sentenced to caning and lengthy prison terms. The harsh treatment has ignited a political and diplomatic firestorm. Philippine President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo phoned Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad to make a personal appeal for a moratorium on deportations of Filipinos. Amien Rais, speaker of the Indonesian Parliament, warned that Malaysia was "playing with fire" by mistreating foreign workers...
Neighborhood opponents of the project convinced the Cambridge City Council to place a moratorium on development in Riverside more than a year...