Word: deadlocking
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...major league baseball contract talks moved into the bottom of the ninth last week, the deadlock took on a fantastical quality. Here were the owners demanding in effect an agreement that would protect them from themselves. Here were the players, who make an average of $130,000 a year, threatening to strike like a bunch of coolies. Fans everywhere could only hope that both sides would come to their senses before a summer's entertainment was dashed...
...What is the way out of the deadlock...
...candidate. The Kennedy strategists believe that by convention time they will pick up enough support to force a change in the rules so that wavering Carter delegates will not be required to vote for the President on the first ballot. This in turn will lead to a deadlock and, finally after several ballots and some back-room haggling, a Kennedy nomination. To many Democrats the strategy sounds improbable; indeed, it has been disavowed even by Kennedy. But the Carter camp is taking no chances. Aides now are checking the backgrounds of all of his delegates, looking for potential defectors...
...Capitol Hill observer said yesterday that because there are some "squishy" votes on the subcommittee, the expected 6-6 deadlock may be broken in favor of anti-registration forces...
Reagan did feud with the Democratic legislators. He vetoed 994 bills-and made his vetoes stick; only one was overridden. Yet on many other issues, he first fought for conservative principles and then, when faced with deadlock or defeat, agreed to compromise. Recalls Willie Brown, an influential Democratic assemblyman from San Francisco: "He showed a willingness to accept collective decisions without serious ego problems. He does not measure his self-worth by whether an idea...