Word: rubberizing
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...restaurants. He is far better known, however, for his kragdadigheid (iron-fistedness). He has defended the actions of his police to the hilt, declaring them to be "in the forefront of the fight to combat Communism [which is] infiltrating the country." Asked why the police did not use rubber bullets during the June rioting in Soweto in which 176 were killed, Kruger replied: "Rubber bullets give the impression the police have rubber guns. They cannot protect life and property with rubber guns, and I have no intention of asking them...
This Labor Day weekend all across the land, in nearly unimaginable numbers, Americans will be hard at work, puffing and stroking and grinding their teeth as they enjoy a game that seems to consist of swatting fuzz-covered rubber balls across a net. For some years now, this phenomenon has been comfortably referred to as the tennis boom. But the phrase simply no longer serves to describe the massive outpourings of cash and angst, the pop convolutions of status and commerce now going on in the once staid world of tennis. Even the word orgy, though it has some...
...alai's future would seem to be secure if the enthusiasm of Mirmina's eleven-year-old son Michael is an indication. Using his mother's breadbasket for a cesta, he practices throwing rubber balls at the garage. Says Michael: "I wish they had a midget jai alai league here. It's better than midget football...
Architects of the rubber settlement were Labor Secretary W.J. Usery Jr. and Federal Mediator James Scearce, who had to twist "a few arms on both sides," as an aide put it, to get the crucial pay agreement. The threeyear, 36% increase runs ahead of other recent major labor settlements, which have been in the 30% to 33% range. Washington, however, regards the hefty increase as unavoidable because the rubber workers have lagged behind other industrial employees in pay raises during the past three years. For instance, auto assembly-line workers, who are currently negotiating new contracts of their...
...impact of the rubber strike has been minimal. At first, the union hoped that auto plants would have to shut down for lack of new tires. Instead, tire inventories were so high, mostly because of auto-industry stockpiling during the winter and spring, plus the flow of tires from companies still in operation, that the strike caused almost no repercussions-except for the workers themselves. The union's strike fund was exhausted after only four weeks, and many of the workers were forced to use up savings and go deeply into debt...