Word: picketeers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Arthur finally drops off the man and counts the $10 he is handed, putting him well over his goal for the night. Stuffing the new bills into his shirt picket, Arthur smiles. "I haven't had luck like this since I picked up some banker from Maine at the Commander. He was this well-dressed, old guy who told me he just wanted me to drive him around the Commons. Pretty soon, I was thinking he was crazy, so I asked him if there wasn't someplace else he'd rather go. My girlfriend was riding with me that night...
Campaigning last week, Carter was peppered with questions about why he had failed to debate. Arriving in Springfield, Ill., he was greeted by a picket with a sign reading CARTER IS A CHICKEN. The Baltimore outing might be the alpha and omega of presidential debates in Campaign '80. Having stuck to its guns for Round 1, the League of Women Voters last week offered the President what he wanted: a two-man debate with Reagan, to be followed by a three-way encounter that includes Anderson...
...series could resume as early as this week, and viewers could get to see the new shows by the end of October or beginning of November. A musicians' strike, which has yet to be settled, will hold up work only if the actors refuse to cross the picket line. Film production may have to wait, and movie producers, who have big budgets to worry about, may not let the cameras roll again until the contract is finally approved...
...corn from the stockpile of a virtuous farmer. Fortunately, the farmer's vigilance matches his productivity, and he exterminates the rat (labeled "Bolshevist--IWW") with two quick shovel blows. The music in the production is less authentic and less moving--sung too well, it sounds more studio than picket line...
Former employees walked a picket line in front of Eugene's for several weeks after they were fired, saying that union activity had caused their dismissal...