Word: spites
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...attempted to stop the nuclear plant by the same meangs. In a town meeting they voted 768 to 632 not to allow construction of the "nuke." But Thomson encouraged the Public Service Company, the private power company that is now building the plant, to go ahead with construction in spite of the vote. He added that an employee who opposed the plan should "resign his state job and go out and oppose...
...acute because of the demanding nature of dance--are far from solution. Newcomer said one of the company's goals is "to make the University more attractive to people who are dancers." But as Druckman pointed out, "most people here who are interested in dance come to Harvard in spite of that, not because of it." The tremendous demands of time and energy that dance involves, coupled with what company members perceive as the University's indifference, are the chief problems. Martha Urann, a company choreographer, said last week that "Harvard doesn't want people to dance--it doesn...
...union won an election at the company's Statesboro, Georgia plant, in spite of what the NLRB found to be a series of illegal actions by Stevens during the organizing drive. The NLRB ordered the company to bargain; rather than do so, the company shut down the plant and transferred the production to other plants. Their action had ramifications in other factories as well. Workers in nearby plants feared the same reprisal if they voted for the union. In fact, Stevens circulated rumors saying that a Wallace, N.C. plant might be shut down if the union won during an organizing...
...freshman committee selected by CHUL voted last month to end the seven-year boycott of the CRR in spite of continuing boycott by upperclassmen...
...attacking inflation is through the private sector, by increasing productivity." But interviews by TIME correspondents across the country indicated that businessmen probably would have continued to mistrust Carter in any event. One reason: many businessmen fear that he will turn out to be a big-spending liberal in spite of his conservative economic views. Whether that is a sensible fear is questionable. Carter has so far proved far more cautious in his economic policy (even taking into consideration the rebate plan) than any other Democratic President imaginable...