Word: quiets
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...quiet scandal, uncovered by the Washington newspaper Roll Call, exists because Congress may constitutionally exempt itself from compliance with its own laws. As a result, congressional employees are not covered by fair-labor laws and civil rights legislation. Thus workers in the folding room do not receive any pay for the overtime hours they spend stuffing envelopes with legislators' free mailings...
...five years on the importation of any products made by Toshiba, the Japanese electronics company, and Kongsberg Vaapenfabrikk, a Norwegian government-owned manufacturer of computers and weapons. They were found last year to have violated export-control agreements by selling the Soviets high- tech equipment used to build quiet submarine propellers...
...woman should be quiet, calm, mild, and understanding, and you should always have the time to listen to men and children," Heiberg said...
...hotel and restaurant owners can testify, Ft. Lauderdale--and other points south--are always peaceful and quiet at this time of year. "We had to kick some guy out of our hotel last year because he was running through the hallways nude," recalls Edward Risbergs, general manager of the Riviera Hotel in Ft. Lauderdale...
...reason to go to New Orleans is that its not a quiet spot," Thorndike said. "There's good eating and good music...