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...therefore, with an air of urgency that President Jimmy Carter last week announced a six-point program to aid the ailing industry. The President's plan will give steel some tax relief, loosen antipollution regulations, and provide protection against foreign imports. Although the proposals were less than steelmen wanted, they generally applauded the measures. Said one top steel official: "This industry has been a whipping boy for 50 years. Now we find the Administration in power saying we need to support steel and not knock...
...reorganization of AT&T is part of the Federal Communications Commission's plan to loosen Government control over the communications industry. Last April the FCC ruled that the phone company could enter the field of computer communications, from which it has been previously barred. But at the same time, Washington required that AT&T separate its new computer operations from its traditional telephone services. The new corporate structure will result in two almost separate companies, one to handle the regulated phone business and Baby Bell to sell the rapidly expanding array of equipment, from picture phones to computers, that...
More unsettling still for Bell, Congress currently has bills before it that will loosen up regulation throughout the entire industry and invite even more competition. In fact, companies such as General Telephone & Electronics and ITT are already challenging AT&T's dominance over phone equipment by selling telephones themselves, as are a host of smaller firms that have been cranking out toylike phone gadgets that look like beer cans, Mickey Mouse and Superman. The devices connect right up to the Bell lines in homes or offices. AT&T is fighting back through its 1,800 PhoneCenter retail outlets around...
Some U.S. military officials fear that the ties could loosen in response to mutual frustrations. As one example, they note that many of the 1,600 buses the U.S. provided for Egypt's chaotic transport system two years ago have broken down, either through bad maintenance or overloading; some arrived in Egypt without mufflers and produced a grating roar that Cairenes cynically refer to as the "voice of America." U.S. military officials are also concerned about the ability of Egypt's armed forces-considered the best in the Arab world-to cope with the complex U.S. weaponry that...
...things other comics struggle to hide-like fear, anger and humiliation. In performance, Dangerfield is the enemy of poise. A minute after he hits the lights, his brow throws off sweat like a lawn sprinkler. His eyes bulge. His hands claw at his throat. He may be trying to loosen his tie, but it looks as if he is trying to strangle himself. The whole performance is a screwball incarnation of the comedian's deepest nightmare: flop sweat, the purgatorial feeling of bombing out, when every joke falls like a barbell and the only laughs come when you introduce...