Word: problems
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Dates: during 1980-1980
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Cambridge Licensing Board officials refused to overturn the owner's gas policy at a hearing yesterday afternoon. Licensing Board officials called the dispute an "employer-employee" problem and suggested that contract negotiations between the company and the drivers discuss the issue...
...tank burst, flames erupted, and three teen-age girls in the car burned to death. To win his case, Prosecutor Michael Cosentino must prove that 1) the fuel-tank design was extremely dangerous, 2) Ford was aware of that fact but chose not to correct the problem, and 3) the design led to the girls' deaths. The judge is expected to rule this week on the critical question of whether the purported Ford documents that Cosentino has are authentic and therefore admissible evidence...
...looked like a practical, patriotic and eminently political solution to the problem of what to do with the grain that Jimmy Carter embargoed. Some of it, pledged the President, would be used for a "massive increase" in domestic production of gasohol. A federally supported program would provide something for almost everyone: more customers for farmers, more fuel for motorists and more protection for the nation from OPEC'S oil price increases and supply cuts. But, when the Administration plan to boost the gasoline stretcher was unveiled last week, it looked a lot less than massive and even...
There is a sex problem here; a certain difficulty of gender, even regarding the slang. Standard record-biz patois for new talent on the rise is "breaking out." A quartet of plastic inflatable Teddy bears like the Knack, who came off the crackling short circuit of Los Angeles rock clubs and had a No. 1 album first time out this summer, are said to be breaking out in a big way. That message is clear, not just because of the size of their success but because they are all guys. Say that four women, Ellen Shipley, Carolyne Mas, Ellen Foley...
Visiting a New York radio station on a promotional swing, Ellen Shipley discovered that "if you look like someone's old girlfriend they won't play you." She says, however, that the problem has as much to do with archetypes as stereotypes. "It goes much deeper than male chauvinist attitudes," Shipley observes. "In music, a white woman has traditionally been set up to play a role for teen-age male fantasies." Mas reflects simply, "Record company people wanted me to do a Stevie Nicks or Blondie. You get a lot of that stuff." One reason for this...