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City of Bangor and Local 1599, IAFF, No. 80-UD-15 (3056 words) |
 | The latest contract was for a two-year period beginning January 1, 1978, and terminating December 31, 1979, and the parties are now engaged in negotiations for a successor agreement. |
 | The language of that petition, however, states that the employees desire to "know [sic] longer be represented by said Local after the expiration of the present contract. |
 | When the retaliation talk surfaced the President of Local 1599 (who is a Lieutenant) and a leader of the petition drive to oust Local 1599 (also a Lieutenant) discussed the alleged threat, and thereafter a meeting of the Fire Fighters was called and it was made clear that such views were irresponsible and inappropriate. |
| The Ultimate United States religious history - American History Information Guide and Reference (7359 words) |
 | They enthusiastically supported the efforts of their leaders to create "a city on a hill" or a "holy experiment," whose success would prove that their god's plan for churches could be successfully realized in the American wilderness. |
 | In 1681, when Quaker leader William Penn (1644-1718) parlayed a debt owed by Charles II to his father into a charter for the province of Pennsylvania, many more Quakers were prepared to grasp the opportunity to live in a land where they might worship freely. |
 | In response to widespread sentiment that to survive the United States needed a stronger federal government, a convention met in Philadelphia in the summer of 1787 and on September 17 adopted the Constitution of the United States. |