Word: rewardingly
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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There are important differences between the case of the postal workers and that of the air controllers. Nonetheless, the two problems underscore a broad dilemma for the Government. Because it failed to act on its employees' grievances until too late, the Government has been forced to reward an illegal walkout by granting at least some of the strikers' demands. New policies are clearly required to prevent such binds in the future. A policy of pre-emptive concession is needed first-a system sufficiently alert to spot legitimate complaints early and flexible enough to satisfy them before the atmosphere...
Young: Any further riots will be met with swift massive law enforcement, so riots as a possible tool quickly outlived their usefulness. There are 'three or four viable techniques. There is economic power, which can be mobilized to reward one's friends and punish one's enemies. There is brain power, where one can, through sheer competence, move into strategic places in the Establishment and from that vantage point have an influence on policy. And there is political power. Economic and brain power are both the best long-range instruments. The political can be mobilized immediately...
...expansion because the slow growth of the late 1950s and early 1960s misled them into believing that American consumers were becoming sated. But in many instances, managers simply skimped on spending to dress up their balance sheets. Says Mason Haire, professor of management at M.I.T.: "Too many companies still reward executives for short-term profits. Very often a manager will not spend money on the future, and with luck he will get promoted out of his job before the future arrives. Some other guy has to live with the consequences...
...main purpose of the original Pierian Sodality seems to have been to serenade young ladies in the Boston vicinity. One Pierian remembers, the balmy nights of early summer. . . wherever. . . dwelt celebrated belles, [were] interrupted by the delicate strains of the little group of players, who found a sufficient reward in the sound of a window raised, a blind thrown open or any other indication that the sleepers were alert. The recollection of every one who took part in them and supply him with abundant incidents of these romantic excursions, oftentimes sufficiently amusing, such as the wishing of the tender strains...
...good word from his niece Kathleen, 18, the moment he stepped off his plane from Ireland. "We found Freckles!" she shouted. Answering the call of the wild, the late Robert Kennedy's favorite spaniel had taken to the woods near the family estate in McLean, Va. A reward was offered, search parties combed the area, all to no avail. After a two-day dog hunt, Freckles slouched home on his own, muddy but unbowed...