Word: shielding
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...room has little furniture. His black plastic executive-style reclining chair wheels around on a six foot plastic shield, to protect the carpet...
Last week Senate Republicans led by Minority Leader Everett Dirksen combined to shield Nixon from a TV debate by killing a bill, already passed by the House, that would have cleared the way for the encounter by temporarily suspending FCC equal-time regulations. Dirksen pointed out that Senate Democrats, including Hubert Humphrey, had opposed a similar bill four years ago to permit debates between Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater -and had done so for the same tactical reasons. Dirksen might also have noted that when Humphrey was in the lead during contention for the Democratic nomination, he steadfastly refused...
...inspection and free repair even after they have been located. Many simply do not think that the suspected defect is worth the trouble. Regional conditions can make a difference: in 1966, G.M. sent out recall notices on 1,800,000 Chevelles and Chevrolets in order to install a splash shield designed to keep snow and slush from getting into the transmission housing; multitudes of Southerners, who do not worry about snow and slush, ignored the campaign. Similarly, unless the defect seems really serious, taxis and police cars are rarely turned in-if only because it is extremely inconvenient to have...
...sent its leaders back into negotiations to demand a two-year contract with 20 or 25 cents in raises each year. They also wanted longer vacations and night differential pay for janitors. Finally, they wanted the University to pay for any increases in the cost of Blue Cross-Blue Shield insurance, should one materialize...
...demands. It is a two-year contract, but the raise is still 15 cents per year. Union officials point out that the year of the small (10 cent) raise was the one dropped. The University also agreed to longer vacations and will pay for any Blue Cross-Blue Shield cost increases, but it rejected night differential...