Word: strikingly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...arrived at his destination-a short three miles away-in 32 minutes. Before leaving for Panama last week, the President: ¶ Conferred with Treasury's George Humphrey, Commerce's Sinclair Weeks, Labor's James Mitchell, Economist Arthur Burns and Federal Mediator Joseph Finnegan on the steel strike, expressed concern over the delay in settlement (though he stuck to his decision to stay out of the case); at week's end steel and union scheduled new negotiations for this week...
...bill's specification on discrimination for reasons of "color, race, religion or national origin" should include "sex" as well (amendment adopted). Texas Democrat John Dowdy tried to add "people over 40" (amendment killed); Tumulty called for the inclusion of "size" (shouted down). Louisiana Democrat Edwin Willis wanted to strike out virtually the whole bill with his amendment (killed). Texas Democrat Martin Dies offered some restrictive rules of procedure for the civil-rights investigating commission (adopted...
Amid the outpouring of record-breaking figures, there was a lurking worry over the three-week-old strike of 650,000 steelworkers. Another 125,000 workers have already been laid off by coal mines, railroads, trucking and steel-fabricating industries. Ahead loomed another strike. The 30,000 aluminum workers who are represented by the United Steel Workers will walk out when their contracts expire July 31 if a new contract is not settled. Little hope was held for a new aluminum agreement until steel makes peace...
...York court and cost $9,000 in litigation fees ended up with a hung jury. Brought to the A.A.A., it was settled in five days. Cost: $507. Arbitration can also be expensive. Settling the cases of 226 workers discharged for "misconduct" during the 1955 Southern Bell Telephone strike cost an estimated...
Manjiro worked as a farm hand, went whaling again, and in 1849 worked his way around the Horn to California, where he prospected for gold. He did not strike it rich, but he saved enough to realize his aim of getting back to Japan and his mother. Foreign ships were not permitted to enter Japanese harbors, but a U.S. captain agreed to drop Manjiro and two of his friends in a small boat which Manjiro had bought and taken aboard. Seventeen days out of Hawaii, the Japanese went over the side, four miles off Ryukyu. Manjiro was home...