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...persuasive rhetorical abilities. One problem, however: like Stallone's Rocky, Stallone's Kovak can't really talk. He does, however, mumble a lot, and mumble in convincing fashion, as the union's membership swells to several million under his leadership. Always attuned to the needs of the rank-and-file, Stallone is also aware of the importance of "push," and consequently falls into bad company: he inadvertently sells his soul to the Mafia (in the guise of mobster Babe Milano, played in sleazy enough fashion by Tony Lo Bianco), and watches--along with millions of Americans...
More than 100 amendments await the bill on the House floor. But what really got O'Neill worried was the fact that the House's code requires Congressmen to file financial disclosure statements with the House clerk by April 30. O'Neill was the first to issue a financial report, listing a net worth of $181,000 and describing himself as "a man of modest means." But other Representatives object to disclosing their personal finances, even though the need for a strong code was underscored last week by the sentencing of former Democratic Representative Richard Hanna...
...said, "I think that our current plan will certainly be extended." Exulted N.A.A.C.P. Lawyer Jones: "It's a clear victory and one we will be able to use with great effectiveness in the other battles coming up." The first battleground will be Chicago, where the N.A.A.C.P. intends to file a suit within a few months...
...replace the narrow-beam instrument landing devices employed at commercial airports with ones that provide a much larger and more flexible landing approach area (see diagram). Planes under instrument landing control are now brought through the approach area to the runway one at a time in a long single file, like a string of elephants entering a circus arena. The MLS lets planes head into what is, in effect, a huge electronic funnel whose gaping mouth is 80° wide and 20° high (the ILS glide path is only 6° wide and 1.4° high). With MLS, arriving...
Opponents of Harvard's $110 million Medical Area power plant project will file a lawsuit against the University this week, alleging Harvard has violated a ruling of a state environmental agency, an attorney for the groups opposing the power plant said yesterday...