Word: plante
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...rewards of the new class are not necessarily monetary. The manager of a Soviet chemical plant or the director of a scientific research institute earns about 508 rubles ($726) a month-while President Leonid Brezhnev makes an estimated 2,900 rubles ($4,150). These are mere pittances compared with the $250,000 annual salaries of Jimmy Carter and the chief executive officer of the average large U.S. corporation. But because Marxist-Leninist societies are short of goods, a comfortable life-style depends less on money than on privileged access to scarce materials and services. In capitalist or mixed economies...
...lingered over by the cameraman as though he were some kind of vampire. One moment of imagination: the prowl of a vicious wolf-dog from hell whose breathing is synchronized with one of Jerry Goldsmith's Latin chants. Gregory Peck is well-meaning, but as animated as a potted plant, and the rest of the cast is colorless until their respective bloody deaths. Why is it that these movies strive to be so serious, devoid of lyricism or wit? There's nothing more terrifying than the unseen, but in "The Omen," we can even see the producers counting their money...
Federal health inspectors examined the plant in 1967 and 1970, finding numerous violations of health standards. In 1971, the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) fined the company. Inspectors did not wear protective equipment such as respirators for fear of alarming the plant's employees...
Over 400 of the plant's workers brought a $100 million suit against the company and the government in 1974. That suit has been settled out of court for $20 million, including a government payment of over $5 million. The government payments may mark the first time the government has been held liable in such a case...
...important to recognize from the start two common myths about plant shutdowns," Whyte said. The first myth is that a corporation will not abandon a plant that is making money, and the second is that the employees and local management will not be able to make a company successful when a big company has already failed, he added...