Word: redressing
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...bound together by "the web of kinship; of the participants at the famous Apalachin meeting, almost half were related by blood or marriage." Within that web, which is really "a pattern of social obligation that has more permanence than religion," favors become obligations and wrongs become "debts which demand redress...
...vain, conservation groups suggested less disruptive alternatives where possible, such as building levees behind stream banks or prohibiting use of flood plains through zoning. Seeking redress in court, they argued before a North Carolina federal judge that despite an SCS review of the environmental effects of its pending projects, the agency was still violating the 1969 Act. In a key decision last month, the judge agreed with them and ruled fhat the SCS should issue the required statements...
...article in the Yale Law Journal (excerpted from his forthcoming book Counsel for Ihe Deceived), Schrag lays out in choleric detail the serpentine methods used to block any legal redress for gypped customers. Accused businessmen hide out to avoid subpoenas. Lawyers with political influence apply pressure to kill an investigation. When a case finally comes to trial, the defendant's lawyer may ask for a stay because he has been sick; when it next comes up, he resigns from the case, supposedly because his client will not pay his fee; that means another delay for a "new" attorney...
...producer of the famous blue denim Levis, is a model employer. It pays top wages, and pioneered in hiring and promoting blacks. Yet Levi Strauss managers failed until recently to grasp the importance of the rising aspirations of women. Today, typical of many companies, Levi Strauss is striving to redress that lapse with a new program designed to give women the same job opportunities as men. Chairman Walter A. Haas Jr. was moved to act by pressures from the Government, from his conscience and from his customers. Levi Strauss sells mainly to young people who have plenty of progressive notions...
...Government officials, under political pressure from foreign countries to redress the recent expansion of U.S. banks abroad, would welcome serious bids from non-U.S. banks...