Word: stemmed
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Such tributes stem from the fact that Bridges, far more than most labor leaders, has faced the challenge of automation. In 1960 his International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen's Union reached an agreement with management's Pacific Maritime Association. Under that pact the employers can introduce as many labor-saving machines as they wish - at a price of $5,000,000 a year in retirement and other benefits for Bridges' boys. The agreement is paying off for both shippers and dock workers...
...first eleven months fell to 59,742 cars. Last month Studebaker's directors fired President Sherwood Egbert, who insisted on staying in auto production, to clear the way for getting out of the auto business; in his place they put Burlingame, 63, a financial man, with orders to stem the losses...
...Blaine realizes that the personal touch is missing in today's anxious Harvard. "Since many of the problems I've encountered stem from the subtle pressures of social adaptation, rather than clear-cut academic trouble or 'mental illness,' talk with elders of the community would help immeasurably. I've noticed that the faculty-student split here is much worse than at Williams...
Among the Brethren, Mueller is famed equally for his quiet jokes and his stem-winding sermons. But he is no innovator, and one council member predicted that "there will certainly be no revolutionary changes during his presidency." Mueller says that he is moved by the new "fraternal spirit" within Roman Catholicism, but that there is a long way to go before serious discussions of a broader Christian unity are possible. "Basically, this is God's business," he said. "We must endeavor to determine his will and fulfill it. But I do believe in miracles...
Both the recommendations and the report stem from a motion last spring that unlimited sign-out permission be granted to sophomores after Thanksgiving...