Word: spelt
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...practice restraint. We did not knowingly once spelt out the F word in four years of intercollegiate performance. Phallic symbols did not appear with regularity or rigidity (due mainly to the Brand's inability to perform any evolution with the requisite precision). Thus the instant reports of "puke" [I believe "barf" was once the word of choice] and commentary on Flight 007 or Marines in Lebanon hardly offend our generation...
...primary area of dispute involves the amount of time given to the drivers for safety checks of the buses. Spelt said that the roughly seven minutes allotted drivers twice daily to punch in, walk to the bus, check indicators, reflectors and lights, write a bus report, and start up is not enough. Last year the drivers had 15 minutes for each check, she said...
...Kara A. Spelt, the spokesman for Local 8751, said that ARA yesterday improperly fired one bus driver and gave stand-by runs--normally assigned to union drivers--to drivers who had substituted during the strike. Nevertheless, the drivers will not strike again, she added...
...drivers decided Sunday night to return to work after agreeing with ARA to submit disputes to "mini-arbitration." Settlements will be handled by local arbitors, who are cheaper and faster than a national arbitration association, Spelt said...