Word: leathers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...workers scraped at the wreckage of one building with shovels, picks and even their bare hands, a middle-aged man in a worn leather jacket watched anxiously. Two of his daughters had died in his home's collapse. A rescuer , waved his hand for quiet: a dog was barking in the rubble. One of the workers reached into the debris and pulled out a white pup, trembling and whining. "Senor," said the worker, handing the animal to the grieving man. It was his dog. He cuddled it, trying to ease his own sorrow in comforting...
...Congressmen, is for legis lation to protect industries--and jobs--threatened by foreign competition. Reagan, an avowed free trader, tried to deflate congressional pressure last week by threatening to retaliate against several countries, including Japan, if they do not curtail unfair trade barriers against various U.S. products, ranging from leather shoes to canned fruit. But Congress will not be easily assuaged. Declares Louisiana Democrat Buddy Roemer: "My district says that America is Uncle Sam, not Uncle Sucker. Lead, Mr. President...
...more than ten years now, foreign shoemakers have been walking all over their American rivals. Stylish and inexpensive leather footwear from such countries as Taiwan, Brazil and South Korea will account for some 75% of sales in the U.S. this year. But if American manufacturers have lost the battle in the marketplace, they have tried to recoup in the political arena. For more than a year the industry has been waging a campaign to persuade President Reagan to impose quotas on shoes made overseas. Enlisted in the effort were 168 Congressmen, 40 Senators and 20 Governors, who sent letters...
...maybe not so curious. Spielberg has that tonic effect on a lot of people. Prowling the bustling Amazing Stories set in his blue baseball cap, brown leather bomber jacket, salmon-colored jeans, pink socks and gray running shoes with SPIELBERG stamped on the heels, the Mogul of Magic looks just old enough to be the classmate-coach at a college touch-football scrimmage. He has time for everyone, with a few jokes in between: "TV stands for Tender Vittles. That's what we're givin' 'em, folks, Tender Vittles." Spielberg's noncombative vitality infects everyone he works with. Says Richard...
...Holworthy Hall fire alarm went off at 2 24 a.m. Friday morning, but police officers found no fire. Officials, however, found he glass on the dormitory's basement alarm broken and residents reported that three youths wearing black leather jackets were spotted before the false Officials were unable to locate the youths, according to the Harvard police blotter...