Word: rankness
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that James R. Hoffa remains "tremendously popular" with rank-and-file Teamsters may or may not be true, but it overlooks many of us who long ago rejected-and have actively opposed-his autocratic brand of unionism...
...most Americans, the difficulty of selling oranges, tobacco or computers abroad might not seem to rank among the foremost concerns of foreign policy. Yet just such trade problems dominated the nation's dealings with important allies last week. In Washington, William Eberle, President Nixon's special representative for trade, pressed Ambassador Nobuhiko Ushiba for an agreement to lower Japanese tariffs, taxes or quotas on cars, computers, fruit and other U.S. goods. Then the abrasive-mannered Eberle jetted to Brussels to demand that Common Market officials let in more American citrus, tobacco and grain. He got some moral support...
Under the Crafts Councils working agreement, any contracts offer must be approved by the rank-and-file of all five of the unions represented by the Council...
Some read the commutation in a different light. Despite his imprisonment, Hoffa remains tremendously popular with his union's rank and file. The Administration has been assiduously wooing the Teamsters, the nation's largest union. Moreover, the President has had problems lately with his party's right wing, and one of the chief agitators for Hoffa's release has been William Loeb, archconservative publisher of the Manchester (N.H.) Union Leader...
...awarded the rank of brigadier general for a year's service in World...