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...tensions are also exacerbated by a slump in tourism, the state's premier industry ($2.6 billion in 1979). The number of tourists dropped last year for the first time since 1949, and the visitor count during the first quarter of 1981 was down 5% from the same period in 1980. Many native Hawaiians work in hotels, stores and other tourist-dependent businesses, and the fall-off has encouraged the state government to boost efforts to diversify the economy...
Traditionally, the well-organized Communists have been able to count on 20% of France's electoral vote. In April that figure dropped to 15.3%, the lowest since 1936. More than any other factor, that led the party's leaders to take up their dance with Mitterrand once again...
Schickel displays a fine mix of poignance and candor. He sifts through the fallout of his own 15-year marriage. Conclusions: children's affection "is the love that endures forever, if you give it half a chance. You can count on it as you can count on little else in this life...
...that black actors could make it in Hollywood. She was desperate to return to New York, which she loved, and to all of her friends. Says she: "I really hated Hollywood and I was very lonely. The black stars felt uncomfortable out there." But no less a person than Count Basie persuaded her to stay. "You have to," he argued. "They don't give us a chance very often. When they do, we have to take it." She did her duty, but she did not enjoy...
...Knight. 6. Lee Lacy. 7. Sandy Koufax. Denny McClain. Jim Palmer. 8. Bobby Bonds. 189 in 1970 9. Catfish Hunter: Minnesota. 4-0 10. Walter Johnson. Gaylord Perry. Bob Gibson. Nolan Ryan. 11. Phillies. Pete Rose. Bake McBride. Gary Matthews: Braves: Bob Horner. Chris Chambliss. John "the Count" Montefusco. 12. Vida Blue. 1971. 13. the St. Louis Cardinals. 4-0 14. Willie Stargell broke Mickey Mantle's record of 1711 in 1978. 15. In 1967. Jim Lonborg of the Red Sox struck out 246 batters to win the crown. and in 1971. the Tigers' Mickey Lolich fanned...