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No amount of economic reform can succeed without a massive influx of foreign aid. As Poland's foremost trading partner and a major creditor ($550 million in hard-currency loans since May), the Soviet Union is a logical source. Warsaw accordingly dispatched a delegation to Moscow to seek assistance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: POLAND: A New Party Boss Takes Charge | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

As a result of a lawsuit filed by the state, Hooker agreed to build a huge vault to contain its wastes. It has dug a hole 18 ft. deep and 300 yds. long. The bottom and sides of the excavation were formed of coarse beach sand, which would have allowed...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Poisoning of America | 9/22/1980 | See Source »

The CRA requires banks to meet investment needs in their communities, including home mortgages and business loans. The witnesses accused the FNBC of "red-lining" many areas by denying individuals loans because they live in certain low and lower middle income communities. FNBC is the largest bank in Massachusetts.

Author: By Esme C. Murphy, | Title: Thirty Testify Against FNBC; Witnesses Charge Redlining | 9/18/1980 | See Source »

Unions are now aggressively going after office workers. The OPEIU is mounting a major drive to organize 3,100 engineers, computer programmers and draftsmen at Lockheed's huge Marietta, Ga., aircraft plant; it is also lining up 5,000 employees nationwide at Government Employees Insurance Co. The 1.2 million...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Organized Labor's New Recruits | 9/15/1980 | See Source »

Frenchmen in the mass, alas, have succumbed to American fast food. McDonald's has hamburger dispensaries all over Paris, and Burger King has opened a shop on the Champs-Elysées. But the French have launched a spirited counterattack. Their ammunition is the croissant, the flaky, crescent-shaped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Croissant Vite | 9/8/1980 | See Source »

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