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Even some of the nation's deeply depressed basic industries were showing signs of life, although very faint ones since their problems stem as much from foreign competition as from lack of demand. U.S. Steel has rehired 2% of its labor force, but that still leaves only 42% of its workers on the job. "There have been a couple of blips, but we don't see signs as yet that this is a basic recovery," says Spokesman Andy Stursky. In Detroit, auto executives predict that 1983 sales will be 10% higher than those of 1982, which...
...sweetest, saddest fantasies. A girl bumps into some soldiers and sees them as G.I.s, come to take her to America; in fact they are Germans about to slaughter her, and her vision is a dream flash the moment before she dies. Early in the film, the villagers hear a faint but rousing rendition of The Battle Hymn of the Republic and imagine it is the American Army; in fact it is only a phonograph record, but the villagers believe, and one young man, scanning the hills, wipes tears from his eyes as he exclaims, "I see them...
Some dramatic revivals are like toys in an attic. One remembers them fondly. They look oddly shrunken and faded. At a touch, a faint puff of dust rises...
Despite such bitter criticism, there is at least one faint sign that the U.S. approach might succeed. South African and Angolan representatives are expected to meet soon in the Cape Verde Islands to discuss not only the Cuban troop withdrawal, but South Africa's frequent raids into Angolan territory in search of SWAPO rebels. Whether the talks will contribute to a settlement is another matter. The bleak assessment from General Constand Viljoen, commander of the 20,000 South African troops fighting against SWAPO in Namibia, is that his occupying forces will not be withdrawn from the territory this year...
President Reagan, who as recently as three weeks ago refused to indicate his specific preferences for Social Security reforms, sent the panel a long-awaited, though faint, signal that helped win Republican support for the tax speedup. In a speech to the Commonwealth Club in San Francisco, Chief of Staff Baker said that the President, despite his "abhorrence" of tax increases, "might consider some acceleration" of the already scheduled payroll tax hikes in exchange for a slowdown in benefits. The statement freed congressional Republicans on the commission, who up till then had been in an impossible position: if they recommended...