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...head of the socialist trade union ABVV-FGTB, Rudy De Leeuw, said that three-quarters of union members were taking home between $1400 and $2200 per month. "If you have to pay your heating, your electricity, your loan payments, etc, there's not much left," he said. "And we are not even talking about the pensioners, the unemployed or the handicapped...
...Raja Mahidhara (HARVARD) d. Tope Laivani (MIT), 15-14, 15-10 15-7; 7. Sam Halpert (HARVARD) d. Eric Nudelman (MIT), 11-15, 15-5, 15-3, 15-2; 8. Steve Fraga (HARVARD) d. Rajeer Tewari (MIT), 15-12, 15-8, 15-7; 9. Doff McElhinney (HARVARD) d. Leroi Leeuw...
...Before the curtain came down on the Rosi show, Dorothy Hamill, 19, opened to rave reviews back in Innsbruck. Her undoing in previous world competitions had always been the compulsory figures. In Innsbruck, though, Dorothy mastered the formal circles and finished second, ahead of her arch rival, Diane de Leeuw, 20. The reason: six months ago her coach Carlo Fassi, who also guided John Curry to victory (see box), reluctantly decided his own design of blades did not suit Dorothy and switched her to a flatter blade...
Even with all these preparations, Dorothy has not quite convinced herself that she is going to the Olympics. "When people say 'Good luck in Innsbruck,' " she explains, "I have to pinch myself." If Dorothy is beaten, it will probably be by Diane de Leeuw, who has a strong if unexceptional style. De Leeuw, though able to skate for The Netherlands because her mother is Dutch, is a resident of Paramount, Calif. She chose to enter under the Dutch flag because her family thought Diane would make that Olympic team more easily. The other serious contender is Christine Errath...
...women's competition, Dorothy Hamill and Diane de Leeuw will skate for the gold medal. In pairs, there should be no contest. Irina Rodnina and Alexander Zaitsev, a Russian duo, have won every major pairs title in recent years, and with good reason. Skating in synchronous movements and precise combinations, they mesh like the gears in a Swiss watch. Beyond form, they skate to their music with exquisite choreography and complete the most pyrotechnic maneuvers with consummate grace. They started skating together when Rodnina's original partner, Alexsei Ulanov, left her to marry another skater. Though married themselves...