Word: stepped
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...crackdown, but they have quickly become accustomed to the feeling of safety it provided. The newly married residents may bolster a tenant patrol that will soon take the place of the police. Says Lane: "Hopefully these guys who are hiding and ducking and dodging may be able to step forward and be responsible...
...first step in medical reform must be cost containment. Americans spent half a trillion public and private dollars on health care last year. Costs are skyrocketing at a yearly rate of 8.5%, more than double that of inflation and faster than in any other segment of the federal budget. By 1990 health-care costs will consume more than 12% of the nation's GNP, further draining resources from defense, education and other vital federal programs. President Bush or President Dukakis will be greeted his first year in office with a Medicare bill of $101 billion...
...each major step in its campaign to represent the University's 3400 support staff members, the Harvard Union of Clerical and Technical Workers (HUCTW) has accused University administrators of using anti-union tactics to deny employees their legitimate right to representation...
...union's reaction to this step in the campaign is similar to what it has been at other crucial tactical moments: mobilize public opinion to pressure the University...
Before this juncture, the adminstration has taken a strictly legal interpretation of its actions. But labor experts say that at this stage the University will be taking a step in a more clearly anti-union direction if they choose to appeal the ruling...