Word: nationalizes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Until the last minute, it looked as if bargainers for the nation's trucking industry and 270,000 Teamsters union drivers and loaders had a deal. But just before the Saturday midnight deadline, the union broke off negotiations and announced a "selective" strike against a few major trucking companies. The strike, however, was well short of a total walkout that could cripple the economy...
...avoiding a nationwide strike and exempting military and medical supplies, the union obviously hoped to thwart any move to impose an 80-day cooling-off period under the Taft-Hartley Act. To get a court order under the law, the President must show that a strike will endanger the nation's health or safety...
...slightly overwhelming for Brian Weber, 32, a man who says he wants nothing more than to be a general repairman at a Louisiana chemical factory. But to many people Weber personifies the sticky question of reverse discrimination. He had come to the unfamiliar setting of the nation's high court to hear oral arguments in a case, Kaiser Aluminum vs. Weber, that will make his name as well known as Allan Bakke's. In Bakke the court outlawed explicit racial quotas for admission to universities receiving public funds; Weber tackles the more far-reaching issue of racial preference...
...lose valuable federal contracts and be sued by blacks anyway. As usual, the Justices gave no hint as to how they plan to resolve the legal dilemma. But on their decision, which is expected this spring, hangs a question that could affect all Americans: Who gets ahead in the nation's workplaces...
...chief Middle East adviser under Henry Kissinger: "Without Egyptian participation, war is simply not a viable Arab option at this point. The treaty thus deepens the irreversibility of the peace process." Safran agrees, noting that the signing of the accord "broke the spell: the largest and most powerful Arab nation has recognized Israel as a legitimate country and part of the Middle East. No matter what happens in the future, this cannot be taken back. The psychological effect of this act is of immense significance-despite all the rantings and ravings of other Arab states...