Word: option
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...full "30 and out" pension plan, which permits workers to retire after 30 years' service, regardless of age. Under the old contract, workers had to be at least 56 before they could exercise a "30 and out" option. The new plan becomes effective by stages over the next six years and also provides more generous payments. By 1978, a retiree will collect a pension of $700 monthly, including whatever Social Security benefits he has coming...
Speeders, reckless drivers and those who have run through a stop sign or a red light can elect to give a pint of blood instead of paying a fine and court costs -unless those two total more than $29.50. The option became available in Fayette County quarterly court this month; in the first week, 15 out of 190 defendants, given the choice, have rolled up their sleeves for the local blood bank...
Brown's ROTC program, founded during the First World War and fortified during World War II, had a modest enrollment until 1969, when anti-war sentiment and the shaky status of the program made it an unattractive option. Enrollment was never mandatory, Kelsey Murdoch, assistant to the President of Brown, said yesterday...
Regular admission costs $7 per seat. Undergrads who buy one ticket with a coupon for $3, have the option of purchasing an adjacent seat...
Hall said he did not object to the continuation of rent subsidies as long as someone other than the central Administration was bearing the burden. "If a particular faculty wants to pay part of the rent, that should be their option," he said...