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Such tactics are not necessary every time there is a labor dispute; clearly, that would be ineffective. And this is a special case--the government has upped the stakes in this battle, declaring implicitly that it will battle the right to strike with every weapon in its arsenal. What's more, the controllers strike is so much in the news that the intervention of the whole labor movement would be a shot in the arm for American unions--and those trying to organize new industries. The notion of brotherhood implicit in trade unionism would be made reality, and the unselfish...
...middle-aging enfant terrible from off-Broadway has given the Guthrie's new season its "conversation piece." Director Richard Foreman is a bit of a prankster, but he possesses a painter's eye for shaping scenes and a formidable arsenal of theatricality. He explodes one of his surprises at the very start of this revival. A thunderclap of organ music blasts through the house, sounding as though the seraphic tones of Bach had been mangled in some dungeon of the damned...
...drugs, the Administration proposes modifying the 100-year-old posse comitatus (literally "power of the county") statutes that bar military involvement in civilian law enforcement. The Senate and House are expected to agree on a bill that will create a new and potent drug-fighting arsenal, including the use of military spy planes, satellite surveillance and sophisticated radar equipment. The House version would even give the Navy the right to board and seize drug-laden vessels outside U.S. territorial waters...
...developing nuclear weapons and thus justified in bombing the facility. Moshe Dayan, former Israeli Foreign Minister, then became the first leading Israeli politician to admit publicly that Israel has "the ability to quickly produce nuclear weapons." However, Israel has said nothing about allegations that it already has a nuclear arsenal...
...hawkish tone that echoed many of his campaign speeches, Reagan also said that a buildup of the nation's weapons arsenal took precedence over the resumption of arms-control negotiations with the Soviet Union. While he did not rule out such talks completely, Reagan stressed that "we have a better chance of finding [peace] if we maintain our strength while we're searching...