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...levels of $50 a day and a worker absenteeism rate of over 15 per cent. But mine owners were slow to adjust to the operating standards of the 1969 National Mining Safety Act and do not relish the prospect of accepting more stringent Union safety regulations. The industry's sole defense against Union demands for higher pensions is their supposedly inflationary effect. But the operators just don't have enough leverage to counter the new bargaining power labor enjoys...
...organizational dispute broke into the open at an inopportune tune for the P.L.O. Only last month Sadat and other Arab leaders agreed that the P.L.O., rather than Hussein, should be sole spokesman for Palestinians on the West Bank (which was annexed by Hussein's grandfather King Abdullah in 1950 and held by Jordan until Israel seized it during...
...Environmental Protection Agency forbade the use of the pesticides aldrin and dieldrin on corn and citrus crops. Because such spraying accounts for 90% of the chemicals' usage, EPA'S action is a virtual ban. Shell Chemical Co., the sole U.S. producer, is appealing the decision in federal court. The pesticides now protect the crops from cutworms and other insects. But they are so long-lasting that they get into animal feed, water supplies, and thus into human food as well. What the pesticides do to people is still unknown. But they have been found to trigger cancers...
...showing commercially available "entertaining" movies, some people outside the film societies have assumed that the organizations exist in order to make money off cinematographically trivial but popular movies. Of course, it is to be hoped that students enjoy film society presentations but entertainment is by no means the sole purpose of film socieites...
...generally well-received by critics and fans alike. Thus the formula was simple for all future tours: back up Reed's vocal performance with a tight set of musicians that could attract equal amounts of audience attention when called upon to do so. The remainder of the time their sole obligation would be to keep the audience rocking while providing the perfect complement to Reed's vocal interpretations...