Word: pushes
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...leader as he is a negotiator. In 1974 he won his union (current membership: 135,000) a healthy contract-the average wage is $50 a day before overtime-but he still cannot keep his men in line. Miller loyalists argue that the industry is to blame. "When the companies push hard for production," says one union man, "they wind up killing people." He means that the men have to strike to protect themselves against unsafe conditions. Whoever is right, the walkouts have largely stopped, at least temporarily; not only is Miller exercising firmer control, but the industry has also been...
...twice vetoed the bill, arguing that it would cut coal production, throw 36,000 people out of work and also raise the price of coal. In his eyes, each state should enact surface-mining laws to suit its own needs. Congress is unpersuaded, though, and will try to push the same measure through this year...
...their neighbors-with or without Moscow's approval. Zambia is already concerned about subversion by the M.P.L.A. regime in Luanda. Kenya and Ethiopia are afraid that Somalia, a major recipient of Moscow's largesse, might try to revive its longtime dream of a "greater Somalia" by pushing its territorial claims into southern Ethiopia and northeastern Kenya, where many ethnic Somalis live. The Nairobi government also fears that Soviet aid to Uganda might inspire its volatile President Idi Amin to push a corridor to the Indian Ocean-through Kenya...
...chief among them, who had been restored to power since their disgrace during the Cultural Revolution. "Before it is too late," urged the editorial, "go and tear down their masks, arrest the black hands that have attacked the proletariat, and seize hold of the tails of these foxes who push for the restoration of capitalism...
...Navy's role in the Grumman affair points to another problem in controlling foreign bribery: the Pentagon's relentless push to increase exports of U.S.-made weapons. U.S. military-assistance groups are constantly touting the benefits of American arms in almost every non-Communist country where the U.S. has an embassy. Once military officers determine that a foreign government is interested, they will put it in touch with U.S. companies that can supply the weapons required, and try to help clinch a deal...