Word: softeners
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...busy that he rarely sees his three sons; he takes off one week a year to spend with them, also leaves the office to be with them on their birthdays-and that's about it. Many millionaires say that they worry that all the money may soften their youngsters, rob them of incentive and aggressiveness. To fight that possibility, Boston Real Estate Millionaire Gerald Blakeley, 45, has a rigid rule: his four sons have to earn every penny that they spend from the time that they are twelve-"and that's every penny...
...weeks, until the 63-year-old Kubitschek was sick abed with high blood pressure. At the same time, the linha dura officers were pressuring Castello Branco for new laws that would give the federal government greater control over state Governors and other elected officials. Castello Branco managed to soften their demands, and then sent the package to Congress, where the parties of Goulart and Kubitschek combined in violent opposition. When it became obvious that the government would not get a majority, Castello Branco either had to decree the Institutional Act or face a military revolt...
...largely as a result of declining military demand. In small communities such as Port Clinton, Ohio (pop. 7,000), which stands to lose 2,000 jobs when the Erie Army Depot closes next year, such shifts can be ruinous. The committee therefore urged continued research and government help to soften the impact of changing military technology. This, rather than any likelihood of widespread unemployment as a result of disarmament, is the Administration's principal cutback worry...
Give In or Go. OAS diplomats called it a settlement. In reality, it was an imposed truce, coming after four months of agonizing negotiations that were often blocked by Caamaño, and more recently by Imbert. To soften up Imbert-and Caamaño-the U.S. and OAS applied stiff diplomatic pressures, then cut off the money they needed to pay their troops and civil servants. Other pressure came from Navy Commodore Francisco Rivera Caminero, leader of the armed forces, who warned Imbert to give in or be forced out. Even then, Imbert kept insisting that the proposed settlement...
...industries "almost daily," Abel refused to scale down his demands. One of Abel's major goals was to win retirement on full pension after 30 years of work, reflecting a nationwide trend among unions to emphasize such fringe benefits as earlier retirement and longer vacations-mostly designed to soften the blow of automation by spreading the work thinner. That was the idea behind the U.S.W.'s pioneering 13-week vacation plan adopted in 1963. In the current shipping strike, the Masters, Mates and Pilots Union is interested almost exclusively in guaranteed vacations and pensions. Black Eyes...