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...subsequent events. By Tuesday night, Mexico City motorists were driving past Salinas' house honking their car horns and hollering, ``Lock him up! Throw him in jail!'' On Wednesday, Salinas formally withdrew his now hopeless bid to preside over the new World Trade Organization, relinquishing a cherished ambition to become an international economic czar. And on Friday, in an act that summed up his political decline, Salinas fell back on a tactic normally reserved for those who have no other leverage: the former President began a fast, temporarily called it off and then resumed...
...dampened the excitement in his city. "It's not over till it's over," said Rimsza. Back on the picket line, the National Labor Relations Board tomorrow is expected to validate an unfair labor practice charge filed by the players. If so, the owners very well may lock them...
...Amato will head the steering committee for Bob Dole's presidential campaign. The New York senator's move is expected to trigger a wave of endorsements for Dole by Gov. George Pataki and other key Republicans in the state. That may give the Senate majority leader a virtual lock on the critically-important New York primary that will deliver 102 GOP delegates one year from today. "Dole has this near obsession with recruiting governors," says TIME congressional correspondent Karen Tumulty. In a recent TIME interview, she adds, Dole said: "Richard Nixon used to say he'd trade you 10 senators...
Tension between theory and observation is part of the normal course of science. It keeps both sides honest, and, at those rare times in history when the two lock horns irreconcilably, it can lead to nothing less than a full-fledged scientific revolution. Without such clashes, in fact, we'd still believe that the sun orbits Earth and that disease is caused by evil spirits...
...Board this week is expected to validate an unfair labor practices complaint filed by the striking major league baseball players union. Players have said they would then seek a court injunction to reinstate last year's work rules. If that happens, TIME sportswriter Steve Wulf expects the owners to "lock out" the players. After strike talks broke down over the weekend, both sides were expecting replacement players to take the field on opening day, April 2. Even if the strike were to end soon, players would need extra time to negotiate contracts and practice. But Wulf does not think...