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...occasion for this sudden halt in activity was a two-day general strike, called last week by a vast coalition of labor and other opposition groups seeking the ouster of Dictator General Augusto Pinochet. The work stoppage appeared to be one of the most effective antigovernment actions in the 13 years since Pinochet seized power. "The strike was a complete success, even beyond what we expected," said Juan Luis Gonzalez, who heads the Assembly of Civility, the umbrella group of 250 unions, student groups and civic organizations that joined to sponsor the strike...
...them of subversion, and cracked down hard on the media. A total of 27 staff members from the opposition magazine Analisis were charged with antigovernment activities, and could face prison terms if convicted. Four independent radio stations, one of them run by the Roman Catholic Church, were ordered to halt news broadcasts during the protests. Strike organizers were especially encouraged by the participation of truckers. In 1973 a crippling work stoppage by drivers against the Marxist-oriented government of Salvador Allende Gossens helped prompt the coup that brought Pinochet to power...
Hinkle's predicament is all too familiar to veteran computer owners. From young people stuck in the mazes of their adventure games to corporate managers whose accounting operations have been brought to a temporary halt, computer users have traditionally turned to the publishers of their software for free advice. Now, as computers proliferate and programs grow more complex, more and more people are jamming manufacturers' phone lines with frantic cries for help...
...some policies that have helped produce his nation's extraordinary economic might. That strength was developed mainly through exports. But Japan's huge trade surplus, which now stands at $61.6 billion, has aroused worldwide calls for trade protection and stirred deep resentment against the increasingly isolated island nation. To halt those trends, Nakasone strenuously urges his countrymen to export less and import more and to produce more goods for the Japanese market...
...elective offices in New Jersey, California, Iowa and Alabama. One initially unchallenged LaRouche candidate in Orange County, Calif., was so weak that a last-minute write-in campaign for County Democratic Chairman Bruce Sumner came within 500 votes of stopping him. Sumner, who jumped into the race to halt the LaRouche onslaught, is expected to call for a recount...