Word: resistance
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...entry into the European Community in 1973 is helping to change that. Some 60% of British manual workers now receive between four and five vacation weeks annually. Explains Benjamin Roberts, professor of industrial relations at the London School of Economics: "Employers in the U.K. have found it difficult to resist demands for longer holidays because they have seen them in effect in Europe. American employers tend to look at the cost-effectiveness of vacations and therefore take a stronger line...
...body. It yielded to Congress (on all-male draft registration and tough strip-mine controls), to the Executive Branch (on passport powers and strict standards for cotton dust and lead in factories) and to states (on televising trials and the double celling of prisoners). Moreover, the Justices tended to resist the temptation to write broad new rules. In short, the court has been just the sort of strict-constructionist, nonactivist body that Ronald Reagan likes...
...work or play, everybody emits wordless signals of infinite variety. Overt, like a warm smile. Spontaneous, like a raised eyebrow. Involuntary, like leaning away from a salesperson to resist a deal. Says Julius Fast in Body Language: "We rub our noses for puzzlement. We clasp our arms to isolate ourselves or to protect ourselves. We shrug our shoulders for indifference." Baseball pitchers often dust back a batter with a close ball that is not intended to hit but only to signal a warning claim of dominance. The twitchings of young children too long in adult company are merely involuntary signals...
...warn you that if you do not resist, dictatorship will prevail and reduce you to misery...
...controllers. Long a militant lot, the controllers were demanding, according to the Government, median pay raises of $10,000, plus cost of living adjustments that would bring their top annual base salary to $73,420. The union threatened a coast-to-coast shutdown if the Reagan Administration continued to resist. A full walkout would ground about three-fourths of U.S. commercial flights. But a partial strike would probably be manageable, at least for a while...