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...Government lawyers did not object to freeing the 155 who had already been cleared by the Immigration and Naturalization Service, but filed a motion to stay the release of the other 226. Shoob agreed to give the INS until Sept. 8 to review those cases. Declared the judge: "The logjam has been broken...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Libre at Last! Libre at Last! | 9/7/1981 | See Source »

...enormous logjam of talented actors out there," Kasdan says, "and precious few of them have good parts to chew on." Body Heat is full of meaty characters and pungent performances-Ted Danson as a tap-dancing prosecutor, J.A. Preston as a dogged detective, and especially Mickey Rourke as a savvy young ex-con who looks and acts as if he could be Ned's sleazier twin brother. Kathleen Turner's Matty mixes come-hither looks with a sultry, baritone voice. This is a creature of fire and ice, with no intermediate shadings of warmth or aloofness. Thanks largely...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: Torrid Movie, Hot New Star | 8/24/1981 | See Source »

...help clear court dockets of many minor cases. They also often save money: in the Columbus program, the cost of the average agreement, including the mediators' pay, is $20, vs. $250 for the typical court case. But mediation does not promise to break the nation's litigation logjam. Says William Yeomans, a Justice Department expert on such programs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Cutting Courts | 3/24/1980 | See Source »

...first to act, and some have been downright ornery. Only three weeks ago, nearly one-third of Chrysler's 180 bankers voted against renegotiating its credit lines, arguing that even a federal bailout might not save ;he company. Now that the U.A.W. has Broken the logjam, and with the presidential primaries approaching, support for Chrysler is gaining momentum in the White House, the Treasury and Congress...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Chrysler's Blue-Collar Director | 11/5/1979 | See Source »

...lest we doom the prospects of strategic arms limitation - though, in fact, ABM and MIRV turned out to be among our few playable cards. Similarly, we were warned that an opening to China would cause relations with the Soviet Union to regress; in fact, the opening would break a logjam on several issues with the U.S.S.R...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Section: THE SOVIET RIDDLE | 10/1/1979 | See Source »

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