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...crowds, and he's found an easy victim. Forty eight hours and you're out on your ass, he says, and a nation angered at having to take the train to New York stands and applauds. It is sad proof of the weakness of American labor that he would dare such a thing--even sadder proof that he is succeeding...
...employees in this state--the right to unionize is meaningless. And though the air traffic controllers present an easy target, being well-paid if overworked and subjected to ulcer-inspiring stress, they will be just the start. Before long, all public employees will be facing pink slips should-they dare to ask for more money (money Reagan must use to bloat the defense budget and the safes of oil companies), and with that precedent, it will soon be private-sector employees accused of tampering with national security. Hello, 1890s...
...wedding evening, with the bride and groom safely off, the Queen just might drop in on Lady Elizabeth Shakerly's rout. Lady Elizabeth discovered that rout is an 18th century term for what lesser mortals might call a blast. "I don't dare do something with caviar and lobster because I can't afford it," the Lady explains. "I am having scrambled eggs and bacon from 7:30 on." She is dishing it up at the ballroom of Claridge's, a location that, unlike the menu, could not have been chosen for reasons of economy...
Your Essay "Looking Straight at the Bomb" [July 6] reveals the dilemma we face because of "no thought" and the inability of our leaders to dare to spend billions for peace negotiations rather than for armaments and bravado. Mr. Reagan and his circle should remember that pride goeth before a fall...
...says with feeling, "and we don't see how to get it. Now it seems we will not be able to realize certain expectations, so we rebel against parents and against the state. 'They' say they rebuilt society and ask us how 'we' can dare to destroy what they built. There is a wall between us." Then he breaks into French, as if the next idea cannot be expressed in German. "Youth is fed up. They want to live a little now, to relax and have...