Word: standards
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...official said last week, "People will sign anything, but voting to join a union is a much more serious commitment." Perhaps the best way to gauge the probable result is to try and determine the degree of rank-and-file participation in the organizing committee's work. Using this standard, the chances for District 65 at the Medical Area seem quite good. Membership meetings are generally well attended--some have attracted nearly 200 employees--and policy motions often come from people not in leadership positions...
...President and Congress of the same party. For the past quarter-century, more often than not the party in control of the White House has not controlled both houses of the Congress. We have proved that such a system can operate -sort of. But must we make it standard practice? It imposes enormous strains on the conduct of foreign policy in an increasingly complex and sometimes dangerous world...
There have been a handful of such dancers in this century. In his brief time (1908-17), Vaslav Nijinsky's wild genius established itself as the mythic standard against which all premiers danseurs will apparently always be judged. In the '50s and early '60s, Erik Bruhn, 46, now resident producer of the National Ballet of Canada, dominated ballet with sheer elegance. His style was pure and restrained, his partnering impeccable. If anything his reputation has increased since his retirement. He has an enormous following and will dance again this summer at A.B.T. When Rudolf Nureyev burst upon...
...devices are called quartz watches because instead of the standard balance wheel, they rely on an oscillating current in a small battery-charged quartz crystal. The current in turn powers a tiny integrated circuit, which emits pulses that regulate either standard minute and hour hands or a digital display. The watches are accurate to within a minute a year v. one to two minutes a week for standard models...
...ephemeral that it may be false, and often is. What turns this grandiose philosophical dilemma into exhilarating theater is the fact that the play is very funny. Under Peter Hall's deft direction, the ominous and reflective pauses are delivered with timing and double takes of Jack Benny standard...