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...Paul believes unions are an "indispensable element" for defending the rights of working people. He endorses strikes but does warn that they are an extreme means and "must not be abused, especially for political purposes." Indeed, unions should not "play politics." This is a message that may fall on deaf ears in many Western European and Third World nations, where unions have long been politicized...
...insisted that his regime would survive. "Our nation will not be shaken at all," he declared in a sermon delivered at the Hoseiniyeh Jamaran mosque north of Tehran. Though Khomeini asked his followers not to be "hasty and un-Islamic" in their treatment of suspects, his admonitions fell on deaf ears: last week Islamic tribunals sent 138 more opponents, including some teen-age girls, before firing squads, raising the total number of political executions since Banisadr's ouster on June 22 to nearly...
...them pulled a chair close to the bed, for by now Raymond was partly deaf, and reminded the prisoner that he had made a pledge to his comrades. Then the relative alluded to the first hunger striker to die this year: "Remember, Bobby Sands is waiting for you in heaven." Raymond gave up asking for milk and died a week later...
Getting in the way of traffic is a more pressing worry. Police are braced for what could be an audio-accident season this summer, with stereo-deaf sportsmen crossing the paths of oncoming cars. As for those behind the wheel, many states prohibit driving with both ears blocked, but few enforce such laws. "Motorists al ready listen to car radios that are so loud they can't hear our sirens," says Michigan State Policeman Wayne McKalpain. "If they put on headphones, they'll hamper our ability to respond to emergencies...
...parental notification bill similar to the Utah statute. The intensity of feelings about the issue was evident in the testimony. Said Willie Mae Demming, a tearful middle-aged black woman: "They gave my daughter an abortion, and she didn't want them to. She's deaf. She thought she was going on a picnic. She wanted the baby." Another mother, testifying against the bill, described what happened to her sister: "When our father learned she was pregnant, he beat her. He beat her until his arms were tired. This bill is punitive...