Word: pact
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...sitting there in that dressing room from 6 to 8 with absolutely nothing to do, except possibly fret. And so actors begin drinking. And they drink during the play and they drink after the play. Years and years ago, Ralphie [Richardson] and I made a mutual pact. We promised each other not to drink until the curtain went down and we kept that pact...
...were to vote on the deal. Mediator Usery said that the outlook for acceptance was excellent, but airline unions are unpredictable. Locals are fragmented and undisciplined, and their leaders have torpedoed agreements reached at the national level in the past. If the machinists do vote in favor of the pact, United planned to restore full service by midweek...
Second Ballot. The hostesses rejected the contract, partly to assert their independence from the male-dominated pilots' union. In response to the airline's petition, Federal Judge C. Clyde Atkins last week ordered the stewardesses to vote again on the pact. He specifically enjoined the hostesses' leaders, who were accused of sabotaging the first balloting, from campaigning for rejection. Even so, the outcome may be close. Having been angered for years by National's "sexist" advertising ("I'm Barbara. Fly me."), the hostesses seem determined to strike National like it has never been struck before...
BRITAIN is experiencing a slowing of the rate of decline in gross domestic product, an indication that the economy is bottoming out. Still, the country faces huge obstacles. Prime Minister Harold Wilson's pact with the unions, which holds wage increases to $12 a week, could reduce the inflation rate from this year's staggering 25%. But unemployment, now 1,250,000, is expected to remain at that painfully high level next year, and economic growth is forecast to be a paltry...
...operations of six companies have already been 100% nationalized, and the government has taken majority stakes in eight others, including Mobil, Exxon and Occidental. In addition Occidental and Libya last week settled a dispute over production levels in two Libyan fields; the dispute had threatened to jeopardize a 1973 pact that left Occidental with a 49% interest in its Libyan operations...