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Seniority lists that deliberately discriminate are still illegal, whether they were started before or after the 1964 act. But that concession gave little comfort to lawyers who have waged crusades against job bias. Proving that a seniority system was set up with the intent to discriminate is extraordinarily difficult. The...
But Knutti is not applying any show-business touches to the cult of the cloth. He vetoed all proposals for concession stands and bumper stickers. "Whatever it is, it's good and people have gotten a tremendous spiritual uplift from it," he says. "I want to share it but...
Ever since oil drilling got under way in the North Sea back in the early 1960s, the nations that surround this stormy body of water have lived in dread of an environmental accident. Last week their worst fears were realized. As a team of specialists worked desperately to shut off...
This week Cabinet members are submitting a broad-gauged attack on the problem for President Carter's consideration. The program is expected to offer a considerable concession to illegal immigrants now in the U.S. Those who arrived before a certain date-perhaps 1970-would be offered complete amnesty and...
Turning to details of the presidential package, Schlesinger said that it dealt with two time frames: the next ten years and beyond. For the next decade, he said, the U.S. will rely mainly on strict conservation and the two "bridging fuels," coal and conventionally produced nuclear energy. "We are going...