Word: ordering
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...tomato war." Earlier this year, Florida truck farmers filed complaints with the Treasury Department that Mexican producers were "dumping" tons of sun-ripened tomatoes and other produce on the U.S. But López Portillo has insisted that Mexican farmers need access to the lucrative U.S. market in order to bolster his country's agricultural economy. He has made it clear that future Mexican cooperation on energy supplies depends on a resolution of this issue, but it is not likely to come while Florida is playing a pivotal early role in the presidential primaries...
...fear now is that bureaucratic meddling may create distribution bottlenecks and local shortages later in the winter. New York state officials, for example, are concerned that in order to maintain their inventories at levels mandated by the Energy Department, oil companies are holding back shipments to jobbers, distributors and other middlemen, something the oil firms deny...
...unsubstantiated charges of heating-oil profiteering by refiners, even as a group of 15 Senators, led by New York Republican Jacob Javits and New Jersey Democrat Harrison Williams, was urging Duncan to reinstate heating-oil price controls. The restrictions were lifted in 1976, but can be reimposed by Executive order at any time; the Administration's resistance to such controls could weaken as the 1980 election campaign heats...
...sexual comments; 31% of the men and 33% of the women spoke of being leered at or touched. It had been made abundantly clear to 6% of the men and 11% of the women that they were expected to sleep with their bosses or with influential co-workers in order to keep their jobs. The women who made passes were described by the men as "very attractive" and under 40; men who made advances to women, on the other hand, were generally over 40 and rated as "somewhat unattractive." They also made passes at other women in the office...
...quarter of the men did not consider it seriously objectionable to have to date or socialize after hours with a boss of the opposite sex in order to hang on to their jobs, while only 14% of the women felt that way. In all, 65% of the women resented sexual looks, gestures or touching, compared with only 35% of the men. One firm conclusion that can be drawn from the report: as more women rise to supervisory positions, it will become harder to tell who is chasing whom around the desk...