Word: stepping
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Initially 9to5 works indirectly, publicizing the issues, hoping to trigger an impulse to organize from within. Once a woman has taken the step of contacting 9to5, the staff offers free legal counseling and will help her plan strategy. Usually they look into employment practices throughout her particular industry in Boston, then confront management--and, if necessary, bring legal proceedings against the company. Or they may call for public hearings and pressure government agencies to enforce anti-discrimination laws and affirmative action requirements...
...Sadat will once again be able to invite the other Arab states to join the talks. If they still refuse to participate, Sadat may consider himself free to go ahead and make a deal with the Israelis on Sinai. He would call it not a separate peace but a step toward a comprehensive agreement...
Calling his ouster "the first step toward destroying Turkish democracy," Demirel charged that his loss of a parliamentary vote of confidence by ten votes resulted from "the biggest intrigue of Turkish political history." The defeat was made possible by the resignation from Demirel's Justice Party of 13 members. They were annoyed because Demirel had refused to dismiss a so-called Mafia of arrogant party officials. "A group of incompetent Deputies is always around Demirel; you can't eliminate them," sniffed former Public Works Minister Orhan Alp, explaining his defection. Other J.P. members were angry at Cabinet ministers...
...dollar hemorrhage, action by Congress on Carter's energy bill is now more urgently needed than ever. Though the bill is hardly likely to cut oil imports as much as Carter claimed-that is, a more than 50% reduction by 1985-it is a necessary first step, and passage by Congress is an essential precondition to restoring foreign confidence in the dollar. Unless Congress is willing to send a credible energy bill to the White House, the rest of the world can be pardoned for doubting whether the U.S. is really all that concerned about the long-term value...
Still, there are losers even at orgies. An enormously fat woman has been sitting around in her underwear for hours, wanly looking for a man. "Swans fly with swans, ducks fly with ducks," a thin-faced young man says, glancing at her as we step around a writhing couple at the edge of the pool. Thin Face, who says he is a member of swing clubs in Chicago, San Francisco and Montreal, thinks Plato's should be more selective about people it lets in. "I mean head-wise, not body-wise," he says quickly. "Look at all those sightseers...