Word: performances
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...although their salaries remain the same, they have been removed from their usual responsibilities and have been given only janitorial duties to perform. We believe that this kind of change is unfair and insensitive. Whatever money is saved cannot be worth the loss of dignity and accustomed relationships of workers who have served the University so well for so many years. Many of these workers are near retirement. Surely the University could have waited to act. And we wonder if the undergraduates taking over these "new" jobs realize how the regular workers have been treated? Can they be willing...
...that are home to basic trainees. Typically in such cases, a recruit was given a weekend pass, allowed to get away with some minor infraction, or awarded a passing grade on a test. In exchange, he had to pay cash to his drill instructor or some other noncom, or perform a service such as washing or waxing a sergeant's car. The bribes were slyly referred to as "birthday gifts...
...FIRING of James R. Schlesinger as Secretary of Defense probably had more complex roots. Schlesinger did appear to be more conservative than Ford and Kissinger on detente and on defense spending, and as such appealed to the right. But Schlesinger liked to perform apocalyptically for the press and the public, thus making Ford look weak. To further his decisive new image, Ford needs a SALT agreement, and Schlesinger's behavior in recent weeks indicated that he was hindering the SALT negotiations. Ford's "advisors" seem to feel, perhaps rightly, that a major foreign policy agreement, even one oriented toward detente...
...learning, assimilating all kinds of information, and accommodating his act to the big concert halls. Midway through the tour, he simply surpassed Baez; he was securing the future, and she was being left behind. Dylan planned a trip to England and invited her along. She agreed, assuming they would perform together. But when they got to Europe she was shunted aside. Dylan was contemplating a change to electric music, becoming increasingly suspicious about the press, and drawing closer to himself. It was a prolific period for him, but he was hell to be with and Joan finally picked...
...crisis situation," another player recalled. "On the one side stood the players tired of Ford using the weapon of punishment to get us to perform--on the other side Ford, who we thought would never be willing to change his coaching style...