Word: transition
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...kind of case whose outcome seemed to justify Mr. Bumble's judgment that "the law is a ass." A man who jumped in front of a subway train in an attempt to kill himself sued the local transit authority-and won a $650,000 settlement. Only in New York, a smug outlander might be tempted to say. In theory, though, it could have occurred in most states, a dumbfounding example of how a needed legal reform can be pushed to the edge of irrationality...
...says he also plans to consult for the 20th Century Foundation, a group which funds public policy studies. He will continue to serve on the board of New York's Metropolitan Transit Authority, overseeing a five-year capital program he helped put together, and will head a recently-announced commission on "New York in the year...
...tentative settlement announced last week in the strike by the Amalgamated Transit Union against Greyhound bus lines is the latest ripple in a cascade of union defeats. Workers are expected to vote this week on cuts in wages and benefits amounting to 14%. But the pay concessions themselves were far less significant than the manner in which they were achieved. Although the union put on a defiant show of solidarity and won widespread popular support, it was unable to influence the company...
Souvenirs of the team are for sale seemingly around every bend in Lincoln. Loraine Livingston, the sparky proprietor of Cornhusker Corner, insists there are only a few outlets worth speaking of, and furthermore, "the fellow in the filling station is from Oklahoma," and she fairly spits, "just a transit." Cornhusker Corner is open twelve months a year, seven days a week, serving to paint the town red. The huge, rouge crowd that assembles on Saturdays somehow seems older than one would expect. The mood suggests a state fair. Bobby Reynolds, an insurance man from Grand Island who played...
...line has been hit harder than Greyhound, the nation's largest, which operates 3,800 buses and carried 57 million passengers last year. In an effort to cut costs, Greyhound last month asked the Amalgamated Transit Union to roll back wages and benefits to levels of two years ago, a cut that Greyhound said averaged about 17%. The union, which represents 12,500 workers, including 7,000 drivers, contended that the pay reductions really totaled between 20% and 25%, and turned down the proposal on the very same day. When the old contract expired last week, the union went...