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Callaghan hopes that his concordat will buy enough time to allow the current union fever to subside before he has to face another election, which must be held by Nov. 20. But the opposition has no intention of letting Callaghan set his own political timetable. Some important tests of the Labor government's leverage with the unions will come in March, when contracts expire for both the coal miners and power station employees. "Mighty Maggie" Thatcher, who dismisses Callaghan's concordat as "a boneless wonder," might well decide that the timing will be right next month to force...
...Furry' Fever...
...centennial fever has spread far beyond academe. The U.S., West Germany and other countries are issuing special Einstein stamps. There is a spate of new books on Einstein, including two volumes of his writings published in China. Museums such as the Smithsonian Institution in Washington and the Pompidou Center in Paris are mounting Einstein exhibits. In New York City, the American Institute of Physics is assembling Einstein memorabilia for a traveling show. The East Germans are sprucing up Einstein's old summer cottage at Caputh, near Berlin. Japanese Einstein buffs are planning a pilgrimage to some of his European haunts...
...company on an aggressive expansionist course. Today, under Bluhdorn's direction, G&W ranks 59th on the FORTUNE 500 list, with 1978 sales of $4.3 billion, earnings of $181 million, and more than 100,000 employees. Through its subsidiaries, the New York-based conglomerate produces movies (Saturday Night Fever, Grease) and TV series (Laverne & Shirley, Mark & Mindy), publishes books (bestsellers by Graham Greene and Irving Wallace), owns Madison Square Garden and several athletic teams (including New York's basketball Knicks and Washington, D.C.'s soccer Diplomats). G&W also sells insurance, makes consumer and commercial loans, processes...
...every now and then the whole party forms a giant human chain which cavorts about before ending in a hopeless jumble of arms and legs. The music and dancing vary from French folk to American rock. Even my patron, M. Vallet, tried boogeying to the strains of Saturday Night Fever...