Word: strike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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DALLAS: If you blinked, you missed it. American Airlines was back in business Saturday after President Clinton had abruptly intervened shortly after mignight four minutes into a strike by the carrier's 90,000 employees. The airline said fewer than 100 flights worldwide were affected by the walkout, comparing its impact to less than a bad storm at one of its hubs. Much to the joy of skittish travelers, American says it will be back to normal by Sunday. In addition, the airline announced it will slash some fares up to 50 percent and double mileage points to lure back...
...fact Parcells is not the one whose behavior would strike an impartial observer as strange. He is simply changing jobs. He did not solicit the rabid loyalty of millions of New England residents, and indeed often seemed alternately bemused and irritated by the constant media attention that his position received. He did not seek to be either saint or quisling. Those labels were given to him by that most fickle of admirers, the American public...
Tomorrow morning, millions of Englishmen will be anguishing over manager Glenn Hoddle's preference to Matt Le Tissier in his starting line-up over Paul Merson or Les Ferdinand; thousands of Chelsea fans will be torn between club and country on account of Gianfranco Zola's well-taken strike...
...regional jets." Even so, airline management rejected the offer, encouraged by reports that President Clinton is considering forcing pilots to stay on the job. Worried about the economic impact of losing 20 percent of the nation's airline capacity overnight, Clinton has asked for a detailed estimate of a strike's economic impact, but is so far dancing around whether he will step in before the midnight Friday deadline. A shutdown at American could ruin the season for the travel industry in the Caribbean and Colorado, where the airline provides about half the service. Neither side is optimistic that...
...theories that fail to explain reality. In order for Russia's transition to a free-market system to be both permanent and stable, grounding economic theories in its children seems to be a must. American children know it naturally; Russian children must be taught it. So while it may strike us as strange that seven-year-olds are reading an "economic-sized" version of Winnie the Pooh, it is evidence of one of our favorite mantras, "If you can't beat 'em, join...