Word: uppers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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California Congressman Jim Bates, who asked for a congressional hearing in San Diego last week, says the service fosters "unnecessary intimidation by supervisors . . . encouraged by upper management." Workers complain of being shadowed by foremen toting stopwatches, warned "not to take little baby steps" while moving around, and denied permission to leave the floor to go to the bathroom. "Fear and hostility permeate the post office," charges San Diego letter carrier Gary Pryor. Postmaster General Anthony Frank acknowledges, "This is a top-down organization. I wish it weren...
...East Germany it remained uncertain whether the Communist Party's last- ditch effort to fashion a new identity could save it from extinction. With the party's upper echelon disgraced, the taut discipline snapped down below. A half million of the 2.3 million cardholders have deserted the party in recent weeks, and last week middle-ranking members joined the opposition groups in crying for the departure of the power brokers who for 41 years imposed their rule. Citizens worked with the regular People's Police to prevent the shredding and theft of incriminating documents. Airline flights to Rumania were suspended...
Those at the top, euphemistically called the "upper-middle class," have worries that the economically marginal would consider luxuries: How to get the kids into "hot" colleges, whether to drink Tanqueray or Bombay with your Schweppes, how to dispose of your salary on the things that best demonstrate your good taste. These people are better described as "Winners...
...Student guards were replaced by uniformed University guards. These guards patrol the center 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. every weekday, all day during weekends, holidays and vacations, according to Assistant Director of the Science Center John B. Mathers. The guards also check for University identification, and access to the upper floors is limited...
...Even though they didn't press that much, we were able to score a lot of fastbreak points," said B.C. forward Doug Able, the Eagles' only upper-class starter...