Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...over the teamster reins at the union's Miami Beach convention next month), Jimmy Hoffa allowed that he is considering a plan to combine all the nation's transport unions (aviation, trucking, shipping, railroading) into one council. Said he: "You can't have a one-city strike any more, or a strike in just one kind of transportation. You have to strike them...
...There is a fellow," testified Zakman with reluctant admiration, "that did everything wrong, and organized better than the rest of them ... He would just walk into a shop and pull the switch and say, 'Everybody out on strike.' He didn't believe in elections. He was a hard worker." Predictably, the organization of cab drivers failed, Zakman was eased out of the union, and Johnny Dio finished up in the driver's seat, using the union for his own devices...
...from their mountain hideout and attacked military posts at Bueycito and Minas, carried off arms, ammunition and supplies. Then they set two bridges afire on the highway between Bayamo and Manzanillo, and the next day engaged Batista troops at Peladero. In Santiago the funeral turned into a spontaneous general strike, spreading to neighboring towns. The big Oriente Maceo sugar mill was burned to the ground...
...commodity of humor in describing Union Organizer Benny ("The Bug") Ross: "There's a fellow who did everything wrong, but he organized better than all of them. He would just walk into a shop and pull the switch and say, 'O.K., everybody out. The place is on strike,' and they would all run out and sign up." There was an occasional virulent clash of words. New York's Senator Irving Ives blew up as a jug-eared Manhattan lawyer buzzed the ear of his gum-chewing client, tough Anthony Topazio. Said Ives: "It's high...
...impact. One reason is that business news is frequently entrusted to a shaky old hand or an untested new one. "Being assigned to business," sniffs a Phoenix reporter, "is like being made dog editor." City editors too often agree. Thus, on a big local-business story such as a strike or a proxy fight, the cityside reporter who can be trusted to turn in sharp, dramatic copy is almost certain to get the assignment over a specialist familiar with the issues...