Word: worke
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Dyson carries on a crusade against the English and then the American bureaucracy throughout the book. His preoccupation with this issue was born of his work as a researcher for the English government during World War II. His criticism extends to the American bungling of arms control. Dyson argues that the United States should have abandoned offensive-weapon research in favor of defensive-weapon research. He expresses admiration for Richard Nixon's unilateral decision that the United States should abandon the use of biological weapons...
...University, which began eviction proceedings against tenants in the building almost a year ago, has apparently halted renovation work on the property, sources in the building said yesterday...
...tenant, who wished to remain unidentified, said work on the building, which is being converted to office space for the Graduate School of Design, had slowed noticeably since the ordinance went into effect. "Before that, they were full-speed ahead," the tenant said...
...Therefore, the Soviets prefer that the U.S. seem to be in a losing struggle not so much with a predatory Soviet Union as with the relentless "progressive" (i.e., anti-American) forces of history. In that sense Ayatullah Khomeini, his mobs and his minions are doing the Kremlin's work, even though they are not doing its bidding...
...salary of $120,000 a year by Local 1814, operated in a style far removed from the grimy docks. Montella testified, for example, that he had built Scotto a swimming pool cabana for free at his Catskills summer home. Scotto answered that he had paid $10,200 for this work but that he had paid in cash. Scotto also acknowledged that he acquired a 13% interest in a multimillion-dollar East Side apartment building for only $26. He dealt mainly in cash, he said, to thwart the continuous harassment by Government agents...