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...plot is often, unfortunately, simplistic. A little boy's father leaves home to join the N.L.F. His mother dies soon afterward of an infected leg, and Hung and his little sister Xuan are left orphans of the war. A neighbor appropriates the money left for the children's care and mistreats them. So Hung and Xuan leave the neighbor's house for Saigon, and after a multitude of hardships are finally taken in hand by a kindly nurse. Xuan is placed in a children's clinic; Hung gets a mining job and visits his sister every...
...responded to the slights by hustling 135 labor lawyers from across the nation into Washington to consider ways to fight the freeze in court. They concluded that there was almost no way to do so, but the meeting drew crowds of newsmen?and headlines in the little cold war. Afterward, a staffer in the office of Charles Colson, a presidential counsel, put in a telephone call to U.S. Chamber of Commerce Executive Arch Booth. He suggested that the chamber, in the interests of more efficient contract negotiations, call for the retirement of labor leaders over the age of 70. Booth...
...criticism had made them ill and walked off for the rest of the day. Others worked in slow motion. Attempts to dismiss the Mob supervisors resulted in more walkouts as well as threats. In February 1970, with the completion deadline six months away, Bateson officials tried a crackdown. Shortly afterward, a fire flared on the second floor of the building, causing $100,000 in damages before it was finally extinguished. The origin of the blaze was never determined...
...lung recipients had, it was a desperate struggle almost from the beginning. Three days after surgery, Herbert began to have difficulty breathing, and doctors opened his windpipe and inserted a tube to better ventilate his lungs. Later a bronchial leak required a second postoperative repair job. For several days afterward, Herbert appeared to be making progress. But on Aug. 13, his condition began to deteriorate despite further efforts to save...
...strike. Nonetheless, steelmakers, led by U.S. Steel, announced an 8% across-the-board price increase to take effect on Dec. 1. Behind the scenes, though, hard-pressed companies began seeking sales by offering discounts-urging automakers to sign orders for cold-rolled steel before the increase and take delivery afterward at current prices. Last week an open rift developed within the industry when Bethlehem Steel, the second largest producer, said it was deferring until Feb. 1 its increase on cold-rolled steel used in making auto bodies...