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...closing days of the congressional session. They stalled passage of an omnibus spending bill long enough so that the Government began running out of funds and half a million federal workers had to be sent home. Their lost time cost taxpayers an estimated $62 million. But the tactic worked: Congress decreed that the Fairchild aircraft should be given another - year to try to beat out the Cessna...
...period of current unrest began. Shareholder petitions calling for everything from new-investment restrictions to a complete withdrawal became a hardy perennial of annual corporate meetings and proxy votes. During last August alone, more than 170 such resolutions were filed with companies whose stock is traded publicly. A second tactic used by antiapartheid activists was the selling off of stocks and bonds issued by firms doing business in South Africa. At least 15 states, including New York and California, and 116 colleges and universities have either completed or announced plans to sell their stock in companies with South African holdings...
...first time in the campaign, Daniel's pollster found the Democrat to have a lower negative rating among likely voters than Campbell. If that isn't campaign malarkey, it would seem voters there are either impressed with Daniel's principled stand or disgusted with Campbell's slimy tactic. Or both...
Paul believes that the room search was used as a scare tactic. "Maybe they want to make me an example. To use it as a public relations technique to scare people off drugs. If they want a drug-free campus that's fine. But you can't be disrespective of someone's privacy or individual rights," Paul told the Herald...
...jobs. Meanwhile, those who test negative--surprise!--would be informed of the dangers to their own health and the potential for losing their jobs if they had used the drug. Because each is being told essentially the same thing, the hidden motivation of the test emerges as an intimidation tactic...