Word: shut
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...wage system: "I'm making less now than I was five years ago," commented a Boston chairlady. She felt that the piece workers benefitted more than the time workers from the union-negotiated contracts. She complained to some union officials that her wages were comparatively lower now but, "They shut...
...office door, kept primly shut by the previous occupant, now stands wide open. At the windows the beige silk draperies are swept back to let in the sunlight for the first time in years. Visitors are no longer announced in hushed tones, but rather greeted with a jaunty wave from the man behind the desk, who then pulls up an armchair for an informal chat...
...uncertain wrath are blacks from neighboring Kenya. In the past month, several Kenyans who held executive positions in Uganda have disappeared or been found murdered. When other Kenyans in Uganda began to flee in terror, Amin accused them, naturally, of being guerrillas and hinted that he might shut off the electricity that Uganda supplies to Kenya-25% of its total power. His freewheeling troops, meanwhile, crossed the Kenya border and rustled 4,000 cattle from terrified Turkana tribesmen...
...recently in Alaska, Iowa and Massachusetts. Along with repossession, the lower courts have taken up landlord-and-tenant laws, as well as the conduct of state-regulated utilities. In Colorado, New York, Ohio and Minnesota, gas and electric companies have now been warned that they may no longer automatically shut off service when a computer says the bill has gone unpaid for too long. The customer may not always be right, but due process says he at least has the right to be heard...
...just can't imagine any moment when all, or even most, agency managers would not be students with need. I just won't shut out eager people who have talent and no need," he said...