Word: peoria
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...almost the same language on certain critical issues. Simply because it bounces off so many people, marriage is the most political of sacraments, which means that it has to be made to work in the here and now as well the there and then. It has to play in Peoria, if only for the sake of the children, and the clergy has to think like politicians, even while the politicians are talking about love...
After repeated appeals to management and to their United Auto Workers local brought no relief, several women employees sought out Patricia Benassi, a prominent Peoria lawyer experienced in labor-relations cases, who began filing complaints with the EEOC. Almost immediately, reprisals began. One complainant found her car scratched and defaced; another was forced off the road as she drove home from work. Anonymous callers made such threats as, "You better watch your back, bitch...
...instance, a Peoria, Illinois, man was suspended from his job at Caterpillar Inc. for wearing a T shirt bearing the words DEFENDING THE AMERICAN DREAM, which happens to have been one of the slogans of the United Auto Workers in their 17-month strike against Caterpillar. Since the strike ended in early December, the firm has forbidden incendiary slogans like "Families in Solidarity" and suspended dozens of union employees for infractions as tiny as failing to shake a foreman's hand with sufficient alacrity. A 52-year-old worker who failed to peel union stickers off his toolbox fast enough...
...pool of their own blood is not to be excused. Your articles were great, but they failed to convey the worry we older soldiers have for the well-being of our younger soldier brothers and sisters. Congress and the President: Don't waste their young lives! GARY J. VACHON Peoria, Illinois...
GALAPAGOS: A GLIMPSE INTO OUR PLANet's future and another lost opportunity. PETER J. COURI JR. Peoria, Illinois...