Word: tap
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...poor quality record. After Tarrytown lost a truck production facility in 1971, bosses and workers became fearful for their jobs and got together to find better ways to build cars. At first hesitantly but later with enthusiasm, they embarked on an unusual joint experiment to improve work and to tap shop-floor expertise for running the factory...
Liddy retaliated. He found a way to tap prison staff telephones, then embarrassed the officers with his knowledge of their sexual affairs and theft of prison property. At his final prison stop, the federal prison camp at Allenwood, Pa., Liddy enraged one group of convicts by persuading guards to turn off TV sets after midnight so he could sleep. The angry prisoners first harassed him, then even vowed to kill...
...first genuinely important games of the season are on tap for this weekend. Eastern League rival Dartmouth will visit Soldiers Field for a twin-bill Saturday (1 p.m. start...
...caucuses, to Kennedy's four. Since Kennedy's delegate margin in Connecticut and New York was only 50 (a total of 193 for him to Carter's 143), the week ended with the President's lead lengthening. Moreover, Carter has considerable strength to tap in the contests ahead. Besides the primaries in which he is favored, particularly in Southern and Border states, nine states have yet to hold caucuses, where the President will be able to take advantage of his support among local party officials...
...British bands tap into some island roots...