Word: shiftings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...least, the scenes of defiance and hope recalled the exhilarating mood of August 1980, when Solidarity was born. In recent months Poles had staged symbolic work stoppages and street demonstrations to protest the imposition of martial law last December. This time the angry workers arriving for the first shift at the Lenin shipyard wanted action: they called a wildcat strike. Before long, Gate No. 2, scene of so much activity two years earlier as Solidarity grew into a force that shook the Communist bloc, was once again covered with red-and-white national banners, papal portraits and flowers. As strikers...
...seeming openness to consider the idea. "Reading between the lines," said an Administration official, "I think there is a realization on Arafat's part that the Reagan initiative is the only practical way to go for the foreseeable future." Describing the P.L.O. leader's apparent shift from military bravado to pragmatic diplomacy, a Middle East expert in Amman remarked, "It is time to fish or cut bait. The hour has arrived when Arafat must become a political leader and not just a guerrilla leader...
...addition to patrolling on the midnight to 8 a.m. shift, Blaney serves as one of the female officers required by state law on Harvard's Sensitive Crime Unit. The unit investigates any sex-related crimes on University property...
...says, "having my freedom and being able to use my training is something I really enjoy." More than making a risky arrest, she explains her function "as part of a helping agency" is the most rewarding part of the job. "You feel really good when you get off the shift because you helped someone in a medical emergency or something. I don't think arresting someone makes me particularly happy...
...petroleum than at any time in history and an orderly plan for eliminating unnecessary federal restraints. The rate of growth of domestic coal production doubled, and oil imports and even total consumption dropped rapidly. A substantial portion of the succeeding oil glut was caused by the worldwide shift to more efficient uses of energy and emphasis on fuels other than...