Word: access
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...union to shut an entire construction site went down to a totally unexpected defeat in the House. Two months ago, the unions lost on a labor-reform bill that they regarded as vital to reverse their decline in membership. The bill, among other things, would have allowed organizers easier access to nonunion shops...
...White House must both approve any merger. Pan Am will argue that with National under its wing, it will be able to compete more effectively against foreign flag carriers. Most of them are government owned or heavily subsidized; in their own countries they have the access to domestic routes that Pan Am has long sought but never been able to grasp...
Then it will rise gradually to a 50-foot depth at Davis, and continue upward to 20 feet at Alewife. Much of the excavation will be what is known in the trade as a "bored tunnel"--the digging proceeds entirely underground, with access through several shafts along the way. Toward Alewife, construction will be of the "cut-and-cover" variety, although the trench may be temporarily covered to permit street traffic to pass unhindered...
...other quaint U-Hall tradition; it changes hands now and then when students here get mad enough about something, like they did nine years ago about Vietnam, etc. Sometimes students just sit down in front of the building and prevent access to it, as they did last year to protest the University's policy of retaining investments in firms with operations in South Africa. When there is a protest to be held, it is a tradition to hold it at University Hall, but don't expect the building or its inhabitants to pay much attention...
...more protesters were arrested on the access road leading to the construction site, and a third group chained themselves to a sign just outside the site...