Word: logjams
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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...
...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...
...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...
...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...
...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...