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...cuts and layoffs, which might have triggered a bitter and costly strike, helped bring about the current deal when UAL's board decided to buy labor peace by accepting the employee bid. Under the buyout terms, employees will select three of the 12 UAL directors, who together will possess veto power over certain issues such as asset sales and acquisitions. In exchange, the employees will put up $4.9 billion in wage and benefit concessions over 51(R)2 years, ranging from 8.25% in givebacks for nonunion officeworkers and ticket agents to 14.7% for ground crews and 15.7% for pilots...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Fly It? They Own It | 7/25/1994 | See Source »

...commercial, the screen splits and asks whether a Sears shopper is smarter than another shopper. After demonstrating why Sears feels its shoppers possess greater mental faculties, viewer are again asked whether the Sears shopper, located on the left is smarter than the person to the right...

Author: By Todd F. Braunstein, | Title: Herschbach Puts Smarts On the Line for Sears Ad | 7/15/1994 | See Source »

...Confirmed the abundance of protoplanetary disks of dust surrounding nearly half the stars in the Orion Nebula , which suggests many stars in our galaxy possess planets...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nobody's Calling It a Boondoggle Now | 7/4/1994 | See Source »

Dukakis stressed the importance of universal health coverage by drawing an analogy to the law requiring drivers to possess auto insurance...

Author: By E.f. Mulkerin, | Title: Dukakis Calls for Mandates | 7/1/1994 | See Source »

...almost universal truth that children who have been sick most of thier lives possess a wisdom and maturity beyond their years. Benito Agrelo, 15, possesses both -- and plenty of spunk to boot. When social workers arrived with five police cars and two ambulances at his Coral Springs, Florida, home, they planned to force the boy, who is dying of liver failure, to go to the hospital. But Benny, who has already undergone two liver transplants, told them he wanted to be left alone to live out whatever remained of his life in peace. The 5-ft. 2-in. teenager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Sick Boy Says Enough! | 6/27/1994 | See Source »

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