Word: settlement
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...weeks ago, he was outraged when the Emergency Financial Control Board, the fiscal overseer imposed by the state on the city in September, rejected an agreement that had ended a five-day teachers' strike last month. The board, which is controlled by Governor Hugh Carey, challenged the settlement as too costly, and may throw out many of its pay increases...
Demirel has reportedly assured President Ford that he will try for a settlement. Turkey's invasion and occupation have already cost $1 billion, roughly 3.7% of the G.N.P. in a country that has 13% unemployment and 20% inflation. Moreover, new aid and arms packages come before the U.S. Congress later this winter, and lack of movement on Cyprus could prompt another embargo...
...emergency. The control board seemed to be forcing him to defer wage increases in the city's labor contracts for another two years. Further, union leaders were upset by the board's rejection of the agreement that ended a five-day teachers' strike last month; the board found the settlement too expensive...
...margin. The overwhelming votes were deceiving; the resolution had been held back by sharp attacks from Kissinger's congressional critics and outside experts like former Under Secretary of State George Ball, who argued that Kissinger's step-by-step approach hindered an overall peace settlement more than it helped. Nonetheless, Ball urged Congress to approve the accord, since to vote it down would embarrass...
...settlement does not affect the cases of 13 Bunge employees, eight of whom have pleaded guilty to theft or related charges. Bunge still faces possible civil suits from the Government, its customers and transportation companies. Meantime, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Internal Revenue Service, the Department of Agriculture, several congressional committees and the General Accounting Office continue to probe into the scandal. Their investigations are expected to lead to more corporate indictments...