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...American have a contract limit of 75 hours, and they had been adamant in refusing flights that put them over that maximum. Management wanted them to work beyond that limit when bad weather, mechanical breakdowns or other problems made it necessary. Miffed, American's pilots began a "rulebook slowdown," taking their sweet time for routine equipment checkouts and throttling back on flights to arrive late. During the slowdown from December to April, American had to cancel 1,300 flights; connections were missed, baggage lost, tempers frayed-and many longtime American customers took their business elsewhere. The company finally...
...their "amateur" athletes as fully as any professionals. Those who favor such government support call for an "open" Olympics in which professional and amateur athletes would compete, much as they do in tennis and golf. Certainly some basic regulations must be updated and simplified. As it stands, the Olympic rulebook reads like a French constitution, and is just about as workable. Whatever man-made foul-ups were involved, hidebound laws and simple legislative misunderstanding contributed to such contretemps as the disqualification of U.S. Swimmer Rick DeMont and his loss of a gold medal and the ludicrous 51-50 Russian victory...
Police Inspector John Powers, however, indirectly chided Bova for not following the rulebook when he put his revolver-and the whole upper part of his body-inside a suspicious car. Said he: "When an officer sticks his head in the door of the car, he stands the chance of either being shot or struck by the suspect in the vehicle. He places himself at a disadvantage...
...time. His players called him "The Robot," and he drove them mercilessly. "I want to see blood on the quarterbacks' hands when you snap the ball," he told his centers. Rival coaches ac cused Leahy of teaching "dirty football," of flagrant recruiting violations, of "twisting" the rulebook with his "sucker shifts" and faked injuries. But one thing nobody could argue with: his success. With such stars as Johnny Lujack, George Connor, Johnny Lattner, Leon Hart and Ralph Guglielmi, Leahy won four national championships, ran off a string of 39 games without a loss, retired in 1953 with an overall record...
...Radcliffe rulebook states that students must follow "parietal rules and other regulations of Harvard Institutions." However, Miss Thain observed that many students are not aware of the rules, white the consequences of overstepping them are undefined...