Word: unforeseen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...issues of top concern to him are Dukakis's work-fare plan and reform of the state's civil service. Dukakis wants to require able-bodied adults on welfare to work for the state in return for their welfare check. A complicated issue fraught with unforeseen expenses and effects, Frank approves of it philosophically but feels the specific proposal is too harsh on parents with younger children and will result in few tangible benefits. The combination of rigid civil service regulations and collective bargaining for public employees has made it impossible to discipline and fire state employees, Frank says, leaving...
...that a thaw is in sight, economists can begin to measure the impact of the unforeseen cold on the economic recovery. The verdict of TIME'S Board of Economists: a sharp, but strictly temporary, setback...
...pipeline project are enormous. The total cost of the pipeline has skyrocketed from the initial projection of $900 million when construction began in 1973, to a recent figure of about $7.5 billion. The tremendous jump in construction costs can be attributed to a number of specific causes, such as unforeseen construction difficulties in particular areas, inflated material prices, and wage demands presented by the powerful unions...
...Henry Kissinger himself might have put it, the end of a diplomatic era was at hand. Barring some unforeseen emergency, Kissinger's trip to the NATO ministerial conference in Brussels last week was to be his last journey abroad as U.S. Secretary of State. TIME Diplomatic Editor Jerrold Schecter accompanied the most traveled Secretary of State in U.S. history on his farewell voyage and cabled this report...
...departure of these powerful leaders should produce some fierce struggles in January, but the election results, barring unforeseen upsets, should not significantly affect the outcome of the leadership contests. None of the major candidates for leadership posts face serious challenges, and the small number of new faces expected should reduce the often intense infighting for the support of congressional newcomers...