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...daughter. Duarte insisted he had the overall support of the armed forces. His detractors, he said, "don't have a leg to stand on when they criticize an attitude which is evidently humane, because it's not just the liberation of Inés and the mayors, it's the concept of humanism, which goes beyond that of a father's." Invoking a Latin courtliness--and coining a few new words--Duarte said, "I never thought the subversives would go against a woman, a mother, a lady who had no involvement in the process ... The kidnaping of my daughter...
Chrysler officials had hoped, though, to win significant changes in work rules. They wanted to boost productivity by reducing job categories from some 500 to half a dozen, thus requiring employees to perform a wider variety of tasks. The U.A.W. rebuffed that concept, but it acquiesced on another issue. The union agreed to a three-year contract instead of the two-year agreement it had proposed. The U.A.W. had aimed for the shorter term because its Ford and G.M. contracts will expire in 1987, and the union wanted to bargain with all three automakers at once, a strategy that tends...
...knuckler, an aging series can prolong its life with a bit of timely tinkering. Some past hits, like M * A * S * H and All in the Family (which evolved into Archie Bunker's Place), stayed popular for years despite cast and format changes. On the other hand, "high concept" shows, which rely mainly on gimmicks or stunts (Mork and Mindy, for instance), seem to lose their appeal suddenly and irrevocably. The whole process may be accelerating, says Don Bellisario, executive producer of Magnum, P.I.: "The life of a show is getting shorter. Audiences are more sophisticated and have more options...
Although women composers are still a distinct minority, Zwilich feels that times are slowly changing. As evidence, she cites such composers as Joan Tower and Elizabeth Larson and says, "In the arts, once the door is open, the door stays open." An unabashed feminist, Zwilich supports the concept of all-women concerts. "I'd love to see the necessity for them simply vanish," she says. "But the reality is they are still needed...
...well, Howard will be trying to persuade Beijing to open its markets to Australian financial services, agriculture and manufacturing companies. "China insists that it be characterized as a market economy," says an Australian official. "Well, it's not just a question about a label. China needs to internalize the concept and produce the conditions of a market economy...