Word: veterans
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Antitrust Division, Meese became convinced that he was a true believer in the conservative cause, and lobbied hard for his appointment. Meese had to prevail over White House Chief of Staff Howard Baker, who preferred that the President nominate moderate, mainstream, conservative Judge Anthony Kennedy, an eleven-year veteran of the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court in California...
Gary, Ind., Democrat Thomas Barnes, who ousted veteran Mayor Richard Hatcher in a Democratic primary, won election easily...
...referendum, sponsored by 32-year Council veteran Alfred E. Vellucci, asks Cambridge voters if they "favor police foot patrols in the neighborhoods of the City of Cambridge...
...seven-year veteran of the Reagan Administration, Treasury Secretary James Baker is no stranger to crisis. Rarely, however, has he been placed so squarely in the vortex. On Friday, Baker met over breakfast in the Treasury Secretary's ornate dining room with TIME's international economics correspondent, Christopher Redman. For 90 minutes they discussed the week's tumultuous events. Excerpts from the interview...
...National Association of Working Women, claims that many women telecommuters are working unreasonably long hours without overtime pay, doing computerized piecework in what she calls "electronic sweatshops." One of the most troubled telecommuting programs was set up by California-Western States Life Insurance in Sacramento. Eight women, all veteran Cal-West claims processors, sued the firm, asking for $1 million in punitive damages. Among their complaints, the women contended that Cal-West pressured them into working as much as 16 hours a day at home and misrepresented the working arrangements. Cal-West denies the charges...