Word: partially
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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When the maneuvering and posturing came to an end-at least for the time being-an agreement had been hammered out between the city and most of the unions. The pact provided not exactly a wage freeze, as Big Mac had wanted, but rather a sort of partial freeze: a graduated deferral of the 5% to 6% pay raise that had taken effect July 1. It would be put off until the end of fiscal 1978 and then would be granted only if the city's budget is balanced and if its bonds are being accepted by investors...
...through Chief Negotiator Ellsworth Bunker, has offered, in essence, a gradual ceding of partial sovereignty and Panamanian participation in the canal's operation and defense, but it wants to retain unlimited access for both civil and military aircraft to some zone airports. Panama wants all U.S. military installations phased out and, equally unacceptable to the U.S., total control of the zone and the canal itself...
...insisted all along that Israel must completely withdraw from the Mitla and Giddi passes (see map), the most strategic points on the peninsula. Israel has similarly insisted, for internal politics as much as for anything else, that its defense requires a military presence in the passes. Jerusalem suggested a partial pullout and electronic surveillance on either side, a proposal Sadat rejected. The agreement being hammered out last week would allow Israeli troops to remain in brigade strength on the eastern rim of the passes; thus both sides could argue that their conditions had been met. At issue was where...
...having gone wrong somewhere, that afflicts the country. It can be argued that the task of defining people's true long-range self-interest and of mediating between contending groups is the task of leadership, which is bitterly lacking in America. But this is only a partial excuse. In a democracy, there must be an interaction between leaders and followers. In that sense, leaders must...
Hearing Loss. On the opposing side of the OSHA hearings, the EPA has worked out statistics to show that the risk of hearing loss is twice as high at 90 decibels as at 85. Both the EPA and the unions argue that noise can also cause cardiovascular problems, partial loss of vision and mental disturbance...