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...western mines, founded the International Workers of the World in 1905, his hope to organize the unskilled, minority and women laborers of the day into One Big Union. The group won its first big victory 20 miles from here in Lawrence in 1912, forcing the mill owners to shorten days and increase wages. A year later, the Wobblies suffered their biggest loss, when the silk manufacturers used police and scabs to maintain their grip. "We didn't include half of what we could have about government attempts to hurt the IWW," producer-director Stewart Bird says. "If we had, people...
...authorities will submit a program to improve the housing situation and shorten the waiting time for an apartment...
...long in the Senate before joining the process full time. Says he: "I saw the entire Canadian government fall and then reconstitute itself completely with a new election and a new Parliament while I was campaigning in New England." Baker has been exploring a series of proposals to shorten the campaign, perhaps with regional primaries, perhaps by limiting the time during which private contributions will be matched by federal funds and limiting the time when the federal funds can be spent. Baker also believes the endless campaign puts officeholders with other obligations at a disadvantage, while those without jobs...
...move now seemed ripe. An International Red Cross visit had determined that all 50 hostages seized at the embassy were still being held in the compound. U.S. planners had learned that the number of militants guarding the captives had declined. Soon the protective darkness of the nights would shorten, and the desert temperatures would soar by day, making it even more difficult for the helicopters to operate in the hot, light air. The period for best operational conditions was narrowing fast. On Thursday, with the Common Market Foreign Ministers having just bowed to Carter's pleas for allied solidarity...
Winter conditions had also dictated moving up the tee markers to shorten the course. ("You could have thrown it around," Arnold remarked.) But the layout is also wide open, which allowed the wind to wreak havoc on the dimpled spheroid...