Word: workmen
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...injured arm. Although he was clearly hurt in the line of duty for his fellow man, the Workmen's Compensation Commission turned down his claim for benefits. The state supreme court, however, was more sympathetic. It ruled that in the turbulence of the machine age, what DeNardo did was "a permitted act" and he should be paid compensation, the full amount to be later determined. Right...
Marciano said that workmen would try to solve the problem tonight. "We'd work on it sooner, but we have to have access to the dining hall, which we don't have while students are using the facilities," he said...
...removed only by a two-thirds vote of the Senate, and so far only four have been so punished (the last in 1936). One despotic old coot, Judge Willis Ritter of Utah, was allowed to stay on the bench, despite his erratic behavior and abusive temper (he even threatened workmen with contempt for making too much noise near the courtroom), until he died at 79 last year...
Coop employees and customers blocked the overpass from the book department to the main store, hoping to see Bacall as she walked to her car. As she drove away, a group of workmen on a scaffolding overlooking the alley shouted, "Lauren, Lauren...
Never mind that Workmen's Compensation paid all bills plus her salary during her absence. The building code requires two steps, not one, and a handrail as well, her lawyer claims. He says Judge O'Malley will never again have full use of her left arm. The city's lawyers aren't surprised that the plaintiff is a judge. "Every time someone falls, we get sued," says one. "It's all part of the inflation thing. It's a great little windfall for everyone...