Word: stem
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...border on earth that separates two more widely divergent standards of living, and conflicts over trade, illegal immigration and drug smuggling have soured relations between the neighboring nations. Energy Secretary James Schlesinger made matters worse by his high-handed treatment of Mexican envoys (see following story). Then, to stem the northward flow of illegal immigrants (nearly 1 million last year), U.S. authorities proposed sealing off parts of the frontier with sharpened steel-mesh fencing. Mexican newspapers indignantly accused the U.S. of raising 'the tortilla curtain...
...have wide implications for corporations, an Indiana superior court judge last week refused to dismiss a homicide indictment against the Ford Motor Co. Unless Ford gets the decision overturned on appeal, the company will be tried on charges of reckless homicide. The charges, brought by a county grand jury, stem from an August 1978 accident involving a 1973 Pinto. Three girls died in the car when it burst into flames after being slammed in the rear...
...public relations gesture, it will strike a chord among many businessmen who maintain that the "discrimination" problem lies with the cumulative bad effects over the years of the many changes, contradictions and lack of coordination in federal employment regulations. The suit notes that some of Sears' present difficulties stem from postwar years, when Washington urged companies to hire veterans, who were then predominantly white and male. The later imperative to hire more women and minorities not only conflicted with this earlier priority but also resulted in hiring policies being reviewed by ten different agencies and departments. Now, Sears notes...
Unlike the disputes in last year's walkouts by the dockers, metalworkers and printers, the key issue in the steel fight was not wages but job security. The union wanted a cut in the work week from 40 to 35 hours to stem steel layoffs, which have been running at 1,000 a month for four years in an industry that has about 300,000 workers. But with profits sharply down because of import competition, the steelmakers refused. The settlement allows both sides to claim a token victory. Officially the week remains 40 hours, but workers will...
Some of his voracity may stem from his resignation. "Since I've resigned, I no longer have to keep my pledge to stay out of [Defense Secretary] Harold Brown's business," Warnke said...