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Factories that once resounded to the harsh tympany of steam hammers and hydroturbines now emit only a somnolent midmorning snore. As the gears of a spent nation grind to a halt, the determination and grit once blazing from the face of industrial workers have given way to the tired stare of apathy and depression...
...worsening inflation, unemployment and standards of living and even creating nostalgia for communist rule. To go forward, officials must next settle the fate of thousands of outmoded factories, where millions of workers produce heavy goods ranging from T-72 tanks to rolled steel. While the reformers want to halt government subsidies to the state- owned dinosaurs and let them die out, opponents argue that the shutdowns would devastate entire regions that totally depend on those factories for jobs. But continued subsidies would require Moscow to print mountains of new money and risk sending inflation into the stratosphere...
Sponsored by State Sen. Arthur E. Chase (R-Worcester) the proposal, slated for a vote next year, would halt the current inter-district program until the legislature conducts a study of its progress to date...
...must have been pretty silly to think that a sign with the words "WALK" lit up actually means that drivers are supposed to halt and pedestrians are supposed to...yeah...walk...
Those hopes came to a shocking halt on that chilly March night in Bright. The Crimson continued to skate, like forlorn lovers, on Bright's empty ice for two more weeks, hoping desperately that the NCAA tournament committee still had the Christmas spirit. But the boys who dole out the tournament bids (including BU's Jack Parker) had about as much St. Nick in themselves as Michael Milken...