Word: stockton
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...strike, at Diamond Walnut Growers in Stockton, Calif., was just such an issue. After 700 union members walked out in 1991, the firm hired replacement workers to process and package its 100,000 tons of nuts a year. The Teamsters demanded the jobs back, and the company refused, a standoff that persists today. But in 1995 the strike was seen by presidential aides as a chance, the memo said, to "rekindle" the Teamster bosses' affection for Clinton. Identifying the strike as one of Carey's "biggest problems," the memo urged Ickes to "assist in any way possible...
SALT LAKE CITY: It was an incredibly difficult play, but one that John Stockton and Karl Malone have made seem easy over the past 12 years. Down one with under a minute to play, Stockton rebounded a Michael Jordan miss and threw a full-court post pattern that just got over a lunging Jordan and settled into Malone's hands. Amazing pass, easy basket. And just like that, the Jazz had the lead in a game they desperately needed to win but looked certain to lose. Down four with under two minutes left to play, the Jazz scored the last...
GERALD FORD Ford may have had more advisers for his golf game than he did for the Middle East: Jack Nicklaus guided his swing, Hale Irwin helped him with irons, and Dave Stockton nursed his putting. But his golfing only seemed to reinforce his image as a big (clumsy) man carrying a little stick...
RICHARD POMBO (R) District 11 (Parts of San Joaquin and Sacramento counties; Stockton; Lodi...
Whenever Shaquille O'Neal, Scottie Pippen, John Stockton and Co. play, it will look like the Harlem Globetrotters vs. the Washington Generals. There is no way that this N.B.A. All-Star team will lose a game or even a night's sleep. The battle for the silver will also feature N.B.A. stars: Vlade Divac of Yugoslavia, Arvydis Sabonis of Lithuania and Toni Kukoc of Croatia...