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...would be a tragedy if American labor were to heed that advice. For all the mistakes they have made, unions are an indispensable force for industrial democracy. No program to control inflation can succeed without the support of labor, which will not be forthcoming unless it has a public-spirited leadership. Unfortunately, if the unions follow their present policies, they can only decline further, to the country's detriment...
...those with whom they have had long association." That was a clear reference to Egypt, Somalia and the Sudan, all of which have expelled Russian advisers. Lest anyone miss his point, Obasanjo concluded: "We must be the prime determinants of our destiny. Let the Soviets and their collaborators heed this timely counsel...
...They may attract a lot of newcomers with those low prices, but we doubt many return. If you feel like checking it out anyway, just remember the words of someone we passed on the restaurant's stairs--"Stay away from the refrites, they could be repeatees." We didn't heed their advice. And we paid...
Whatever the disappointments California taxpayers may meet when Proposition 13 goes into effect, their overwhelming support of the measure sends a powerful message to Washington, and there is some evidence that Washington is beginning to take heed. In what a Capitol Hill observer calls "one of the legislative surprises of the year," Wisconsin's Republican Congressman William Steiger has mustered astonishing support for a proposal to cut the capital-gains tax from a maximum rate of 49% to 25%. Though the Administration dismisses it as a "fat cat" proposal, Steiger's measure has won endorsement from 61 Senators...
...detection, many weed farmers raise their plants on terrain owned by the government or the lumber companies. Rural police say they do not have the time or the money to chase after all the tiny plots in remote areas. Residents sympathize with the lawmen's plight and pay little heed to the modern-day bootleggers. Sighs former State Senator Lynn Newbry: "I suppose it's a similar situation to when alcohol was prohibited. You just can't get all the stills...