Word: strike
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...events going back through this summer to the Martin Luther King riots of 1968 indicate that he might be-it is an extraordinary and unexpected evolution within the black revolution. In the worst hours of the most reckless rioting, many white Americans feared that the fire next time would strike where the white man lives and works. This ugly vision of race war on the white man's doorstep led bridge-playing suburban housewives to sign up for marksmanship practice. It was a vision amply fueled by the unbridled rhetoric of black militants, but it has not come...
...from the nearest Israeli base. Apparently carried by French-built Super Ferlon helicopters, a commando force landed in the dead of night, lobbed several 122-mm. mortar shells at the base and left without a casualty. The Israelis caused no major damage, but again reminded Nasser that they can strike almost any Egyptian target with terrifying impunity...
Enforcing the Freeze. France confronts by far the most serious problem. Price increases have been accelerating ever since the costly wage settlements that ended the May-June general strike of 1968. Before the Aug. 8 devaluation of the franc, price increases reached an annual rate of 6.5% v. a July rate of 6% in the U.S. Devaluation will add at least another percentage point to the inflation rate this year by automatically increasing the price of imports...
...delivered a grim warning: If the Czechoslovaks themselves did not suppress the protests, the Soviets would send in their tanks to crush the demonstrators. As the country marked its "Day of Shame," the Soviets kept their 100,000 occupation troops well out of sight, though they were poised to strike in the event the demonstrations got out of control. There were even rumors that archconservative elements in the Czechoslovak party might provoke serious outbursts in order to provide the Soviets with a pretext for another intervention...
Hurting Consumers. Construction costs are also coming under attack from other directions. The Associated General Contractors of America, whose members build most of the nation's roads, dams, factories and skyscrapers, has devised a strike insurance plan that may go into effect next year. "It would help stiffen the resistance of a little guy who might otherwise cave in," says William E. Dunn, executive director of the A.G.C. Labor Secretary George Shultz has been meeting since May with Harvard Economist John Dunlop and other experts to explore ways to contain construction costs. Shultz hopes to induce contractors and construction...