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Continental employees were livid at the bankruptcy and pay offers. Said one worker, recalling the airline's past brushes with economic disaster: "A lot of people gave their hearts and souls here for years. Now there is nothing but broken hearts." Complained Senior Flight Attendant Pearl Kelly: "Lorenzo is pulling us around like puppets...
...China remains livid over continued American arms sales to the independent regime on Taiwan. The week before last, Peking officials repeatedly urged a visiting delegation of Congressmen, led by House Speaker Tip O'Neill, to downgrade U.S. support of Taiwan. O'Neill's admission that he was unaware the issue was so sensitive utterly astonished the Chinese-and American diplomats as well. According to Peking, U.S. plans to sell Taiwan $800 million worth of weapons this year (vs. $600 million in 1982) represent a serious violation of an agreement signed last August in which the U.S. pledged...
...detective is searching for the exquisite Pink Panther diamond, which has disappeared from the mythical Middle Eastern country of Lukash (as it did in Clouseau's 1962 debut film, The Pink Panther). His scourge and rival, Chief Inspector Dreyfus (Herbert Lom) is livid that the clumsy Clouseau has drawn another choice assignment. But the President of Lukash wants the renowned Clouseau--until, that is, he learns that he stands to make big bucks in insurance as long as the diamond remains missing. Shortly thereafter, Clouseau disappears...
Boston's Mayor Kevin White, the feisty Irish Democrat, was the picture of livid indignation. He jabbed a finger toward the bold headlines in the Boston Globe, which charged that another scandal had been uncovered in the mayor's administration. Fumed White: "I shouldn't be sitting in this chair if that's true, not even for five minutes...
...Jewish state than any U.S. Administiation has ever exercised. There are signs, however, that Washington may be edging into a mood to exert such pressure. Shultz is less sympathetic to Israeli policy than his predecessor, Alexander Haig. His boss, President Ronald Reagan, is reported by aides to be "livid" at Begin over the invasion of Lebanon and the civilian deaths it has caused. As a sign of displeasure, Reagan last week held up a shipment of cluster artillery shells to Israel while his Administration continued to investigate whether Israel had violated its agreements with the U.S. by dropping American-supplied...