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University officials have said that specific monetary issues cannot be resolved until both sides have agreed on a new job classification system, because classifications affect the salaries workers receive. But the unions view this stance as "obstructionist," Fortes said...
...Earle, a lawyer who worked with Nitze in the Pentagon -- and against him during the battle over SALT II: "When he is an insider, he is part of the solution to the challenge of arms control; when he is an outsider, he is part of the problem -- an implacable obstructionist." Warnke argues that Nitze illustrates a corollary to Lord Acton's famous adage: "Power corrupts, but the loss of power corrupts absolutely." Nitze rejects and resents the charge: "On a number of occasions in my career I have quit jobs when I disagreed with policy. I'm not just interested...
...grand masters of the obstructionist art are the Japanese, who in the past have become infamous for strict inspections of everything from autos to baseball bats. The Japanese government has been gradually easing many regulations, but some niggling barriers remain. In the cosmetics and grooming- aid business, the government has an official list of colorants and preservatives that are allowed to be in products. But there is also a supplemental group of permissible ingredients that do not appear on the list because they have been used for many years and have grandfather status. The problem is that only established Japanese...
...been spectacular and occasionally ugly, a succession of mammoth rallies, fiery oratory and occasional mudslinging. When the political chorus finally fell silent last week, there was a faint sense of relief in Western capitals. The paradoxical reason: Prime Minister Andreas Papandreou, 66, the charismatic Socialist whose belligerent rhetoric and obstructionist ways have tested alliance patience since 1981, was still securely in power...
Long hours (all night in the Senate Wednesday), obstructionist tactics and partisan maneuvering caused many tempers to snap. "Shame on the Senate! Shame on the Senate!" cried Massachusetts Democrat Ted Kennedy after the upper chamber dropped the civil rights bill. Barry Goldwater stormed that because of haggling over the catch-all spending bill, Senators collectively were "beginning to look like jackasses"; his Republican colleague, Wyoming's Malcolm Wallop, wondered why the Arizonan had only said "beginning." In the House, Democrat James Jones embarrassed the G.O.P. by introducing a plan requiring Presidents to submit each year a budget proposal that...