Word: strike
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...when it comes to "incidence"--that is, who will pay--there really isn't much of a difference. It is simply a matter of adroit pandering. In employer mandates, the liberals see an opportunity to strike a visible populist blow, by delivering health care and hiding its cost. Conservatives aim to please the business lobby by relieving them of the burden of providing health care (and though most businessmen realize they'll have to compensate with higher money wages, they'll still be happy to dispense with the administrative burden...
Still, the bug is so virulent and so fast moving when it does strike that it cannot be taken lightly. It is passed by human-to-human contact, and its favorite route of infection is through an open wound. Within 24 hours the patient develops flulike symptoms, including fever and chills. Over the next day or two, these conditions worsen; a rash may develop as well...
...lightened up and lifted a sex ban on his players . . . Germany's national football team was also forbidden by its doctors to use their U.S. hotel swimming pool lest Chicago's ozone harm their lungs . . . Norway's state television has begged more than 2,000 workers to suspend a strike -- just for a day -- to let soccer-mad fans watch the World Cup Finals...
...figures will probably rise even more as some long-quiescent workers rebel against relentless job eliminations. The United Steelworkers of America in April began its first big strike in more than seven years, against Allegheny Ludlum, the nation's largest maker of stainless steel. Main issues: working conditions such as increased overtime and limited vacation schedules. Leslie Fay Cos., a New York City-based dressmaker, last week was hit by its first strike in 40 years. Some 1,800 members of the International Ladies' Garment Workers' Union in six states walked out to protest a company plan to move...
...hours after they crossed the DMZ. While there are only 72 U.S. F-16s in the South now, warplanes from Japan, Alaska and nearby carriers would arrive within hours of an attack, including the cream of the U.S. arsenal: radar-eluding F- 117A Stealth fighters and F-15E strike jets. The U.S. would also rely on sophisticated radar to pinpoint the enemy's artillery tubes and take them out with artillery salvos...