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...suit and ten-gallon hat roller skating on the Avenue of the Americas; a distinguished, elderly man tooling along 57th Street in a motorized chair, his briefcase tucked under the seat; a woman decked out in designer dress and gold jewelry plodding down Fifth Avenue in sneakers. Mayor Edward Koch paid rush-hour visits to the Brooklyn Bridge, whooping like a cheerleader and shouting encouragement to the passing throngs...
...contract and a 10% raise in the second. Instead, the M.T.A. proposed a 6% hike in each year. John Lawe, a leader of the Transport Workers Union, whose members make an average of $16,000 a year, called the offer "totally inadequate." The strike was on. Koch proposed a civil suit against the unions for the city's financial losses. Said he: "We will never give in to unreasonable demands...
...Yorkers are best in adversity," Mayor Koch kept saying as he cheered on walkers and joggers and cyclists. Often enough, they are (as in the 1965 blackout, though not the one in 1977). But at week's end their patience was beginning to wear a bit thin. The Bronx, it turned out, was indeed a long way up, and the Battery a long way down, and the people who work and live in the nation's biggest and busiest city were eageras they never thought they would beto get back into their hole...
...Edward Koch, New York City's mayor, urging tougher gun-control laws: "You're not a nice guy if you have a gun, even if you are a nice...
...American pursuit of gold went haltingly at first. Although Pete Patterson finished an unexpected fifth in the downhill, Karl Anderson tumbled spectacularly just out of the gate, and Phil Mahre, considered the best U.S. skier, managed only a 14th. Bill Koch, 24, who surprised the world with a silver medal in the 30-km cross-country four years ago at Innsbruck, surprised it again. With 8 km to go, Koch found himself back in 23rd position and, rather than finish exhausted, dropped out and skied off through the forest. He hoped to save energy for the 15-km event...