Word: proceeds
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...this explosive atmosphere, the new Prime Minister, Leopoldo Calvo-Sotelo, chose to proceed as if he were walking through a minefield-which he was. To assert civilian control over restive soldiers, Calvo-Sotelo had to crack down on the known conspirators, but not so hard as to trigger another putsch. To remove the roots of discontent in the armed forces, he also needed to show rapid progress in curbing the Basque separatist terrorists, whose bloody attacks against the paramilitary Guardia Civil and police had inflamed the franquista officers. Here too, Calvo-Sotelo had a problem...
Still, the drivers slowly interpreted the three-minute schedule adjustment as a moral victory. Thomas E. Curtis '81, a representative for the drivers, said Wednesday the schedule change "should not have any effect on our plans to unionize." The next day, however, Curtis said the drivers probably would not proceed with plans to unionize...
University officials said last week that even if the drivers proceed with their plans to petition the NLRB, they will fail to gain union recognition...
Last week, Dean Brown said he will proceed slowly and cautiously in settling the issue. "I'm not yet convinced that an alteration of our present policy is appropriate." Brown said, adding that no deadline has been set for a decision...
They would proceed from a strong premise-The Incredible Shrinking Man, a deadpan 1957 sci-fi thriller-and give it a feminist twist. While the original protagonist shrank from a dose of radiation, Tomlin's happy homemaker would suffer from exposure to the mysterious ingredients in supermarket products: everything from "tumescent tissue of bull scrotum" to a mad scientist's most corrosive chemicals. The audience would know when to laugh: at the sight of a madcap chase, at a friendly gorilla, at Talk Show Host Mike Douglas. The resulting movie is sometimes very funny. It also represents...