Word: offing
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Dates: during 1970-1970
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Though the stoppage had been coming for months, President Nixon waited until less than two days before the deadline to take the only official action left open to him: he placed the problem before Congress, which was racing to wrap up last-minute business before adjourning. To the Democrats, the...
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Pajama Game. Within 36 hours of Nixon's request, both houses had zipped through measures containing wage boosts. But even as the legislators hurriedly held a hectic House-Senate conference on Capitol Hill to patch up differences in the bills passed by each house, early-bird pickets were appearing...
Far from resolving the dispute, the stopgap law merely requires that the railroads and unions keep bargaining until March 1 if necessary; at which point another strike can be called. The prime issue is money. The workers, who now average between $3.45 and $3.60 an hour, are demanding pay increases...
Burning C.L Despite the almost constant friction between the carriers and their unions, only two other nationwide rail strikes have been called in this century−in 1946 and 1967. Neither lasted more than two days. The disputes leading to last week's strike go back 15 months, when...