Word: staying
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...lord of the coal mines did not say how long his order would stay in effect; it would undoubtedly last at least until the coal operators signed a new contract...
...Harry Bridges' fast-talking Red-fringed lieutenants told the men to stick to their demand for a raise of 32 cents (to $1.72 an hour). The stevedores did as they were told. They overwhelmingly (1,467 to 149) rejected the offer and voted to stay on strike. Said I.L.W.U. strike strategist Henry Schmidt: "I've told the men they can look for rough times from now on." So could the rest of Hawaii's 540,000 residents...
...Nails. In the hall, weary newsmen despaired when Claude, the beer and sandwich man, went home muttering "No one pays me to stay after 12." Even an OEEC official said: "The West can never agree without Russia. When Russia is present we have no trouble agreeing to stand together, but when Russia is away," he shrugged his shoulders, "look at this...
...Persuaded Finland to stay out of such a bloc...
...seemed like a conspiracy between the major scheduled airlines and CAB to get rid of Standard and its profitable cut-rate air coach business. Cried he: "We're going to take those so & so's into the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and try to get a stay...