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...trade unions, a potential source of trouble for any Tory government, especially this one, were given immediate attention, with a velvet glove. Last week 370,000 teachers continued their disruptive slowdown, postal workers threatened a possible walkout, and power workers were voting by mail on whether or not to accept a 9% pay offer already approved by their union bosses; a rejection could mean an early showdown with the government. Despite Thatcher's tough stand on the abuses of union power, her moderate Employment Secretary, James Prior, quickly convened back-to-back meetings with leaders of both labor...
...many disillusioned students, revolution has replaced one tyranny with another. A junior at the University of Southern California, Said Djabbari, 21, wanted to go back but now has misgivings. "The previous government wielded an iron fist in a velvet glove," he says. "This new regime doesn't give a damn about the glove." Adds a social science student at the University of Kansas: "The Ayatullah sounds exactly like the Shah. Previously, if I opposed the government, I was opposing the Shah. Now they tell me I'm opposing...
...With time running out in regulation and Boston nursing a 4-3 lead achieved when Rick Middleton stuffed a backhand under Ken Dryden's stick-glove at 16:05 of the third, Guy Lafleur showed what makes him follow in the skate-steps of Howie Morenz, Rocket Richard and Jean Beliveau. He calmly circled in his own zone, resisting the urge to panic, then flashed down right wing and played give-and-go with Jacques Lemaire...
...Mental mistakes," Brown went on. "We made very, very few last year early, and we've made a few this year. Also, Charlie Santos-Buch has been hurt, and that killed us. He's a good glove and a good hitter, but he also gives us the spark you need--the head-first slide, or the diving catch...
...There ain't no question about my attitude--or anyone's on this ball club. My attitude is to go out there and do the best I can every day. I want my gold glove back. I'm a good athlete, always been. It's too bad that people can't understand that you have problems with this job, but now I'm quicker and faster and I'm getting my mind right on the game...