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...prospect of even a brief national work stoppage undoubtedly prompted Kania's decision to resume negotiations. But if at first blush the decision looked like a concession, some observers were not so sure. It could have been an attempt to play on the growing disunity within Solidarity, at a time when the Communist Party leadership seems to be closing ranks. Some Solidarity leaders feared the government might also try to depict the union as unpatriotic for calling for paid Saturday holidays at a time when the country was $23 billion in debt and would require loans and aid from...
...Chicago Tribune/New York News Syndicate. Written by New Journalist Gail Sheehy (Passages), the series unblushingly depicts Cunningham as an angel, awesomely gifted, scrupulously moral and out to improve the world through humane capitalism; it is laced with enough mawkish prose and gratuitous personal detail to make Harold Robbins blush. As the scandal mounted, for instance, Sheehy reported: "Mary Cunningham sat in her hotel room at the Waldorf. She could not eat. Every so often, she stepped into the bathroom to vomit." Also: "The mildew of envy is a living, corroding organism in the corridors of power." Chairman Agee, Sheehy discloses...
...Logue plan at first blush seems so sound, so comprehensive, and so thoughtful that, given enough government support, it could work miracles in the Bronx. But it does require strong backing, something which is not immediately forthcoming from the government...
...first blush, the image seems hard to erase. Allison apologizes excessively for being 20 minutes late for an appointment. He speaks in steady, measured tones--in a sonorous voice oddly reminiscent of Dan Rather--weighing each word heavily. He likes to order things in sets of three. He uses words like "prioritize" and mouths sentences like, "There's no model--so we're trying to define operationally a strategy for achieving that objective...
...first blush, the image seems hard to erase. Allison apologizes excessively for being 20 minutes late for an appointment. He speaks in steady, measured tones--in a sonorous voice oddly reminiscent of Dan Rather--weighing each word heavily. He likes to order things in sets of three. He uses words like "prioritize" and mouths sentences like, "There's no model--so we're trying to define operationally a strategy for achieving that objective...