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...Gdansk strikers have established a remarkable degree of order and discipline. "After seeing protesters elsewhere shaking their fists and screaming, this is soul-rending," remarked a West German tourist last week, as she contemplated the eerie calm hanging over Lenin Shipyard. "Nobody is misbehaving," said a square-set foreman, puffing on a cigarette. "This is no time for fun. We're all in this together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World: Poland's Angry Workers | 9/1/1980 | See Source »

...nether world of the chronically unemployed minorities, almost every major city has a place where the day laborers gather before sunrise in hope of being tapped by a construction foreman or work boss for a day's worth of heavy lifting. When the economy slumps, so does the need for such men. But often it is the only work available...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Idle Army of Unemployed | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

...Cliff I will be arrested and released. While J.R. recuperates, Bobby will assume the presidency of Ewing Oil and become obsessed with power, thus putting a severe strain on his marriage. Pamela will find her mother, a mysterious rich lady, and Ray Krebbs (Steve Kanaly), the Southfork Ranch foreman, will find his father. Cliff will establish a new political power base from which to harass the Ewings. Lucy will get married. As for the hundred other plot contortions the Ewings will endure, no one who knows is telling. All in good time, Dallas fans will learn the answers...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: TV's Dallas: Whodunit? | 8/11/1980 | See Source »

...kept fighting. Won the title from George Foreman, then invincible, in Africa. Only the second man to regain the crown. Seven years it took, but right triumphed. Now Ali held two titles, the heavyweight championship and the People's Championship. Ali risked his second heavyweight crown ten times, but he never had to defend the People's title. That was his. Ali lost to Leon Spinks--lost the heavyweight championship, that is. Then won it back, for the third time. Never before had that been done. Retired, heavyweight and People's crowns intact...

Author: By Nevin I. Shalit, | Title: Muhammad Ali: Losing the Real Title | 7/15/1980 | See Source »

...skilled craftsmen, then turned them loose to fashion their individual pieces. He was a strong and controlling taskmaster. If a section of a glass window displeased him, he would knock it out with his fist. Every product had to pass his severe scrutiny and demanding standards of taste. One foreman told the story of a large window produced to the order of a rich client; it was intended to represent the view from the client's front porch. The customer declared himself delighted, but added, "I want a duck, right there in the middle of the picture." Tiffany indignantly...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: A New Museum for an Ancient Art | 6/30/1980 | See Source »

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