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...swordswomen launched their marathon with a strong showing against Brandeis Wednesday night, dealing the second-ranked team in New England a 10-6 death blow in that team's first defeat of the season...
Whatever the merits of the reformers' goals, the net effect has been a nearly permanent presidential election campaign, which culminates in a 37-primary marathon that exhausts and bewilders both the candidates and the voters. It ultimately leaves the party leaders very little to do at the nominating conventions except put on straw hats and look interested. One of the most remarkable aspects of the thoroughly "reformed" 1980 Democratic Convention was that the 3,331 delegates included only 72 Governors, Senators and Congressmen. By contrast, the assembled delegates included 388 representatives of teachers' unions-one sign that...
...Coming Bad Years) predicted the destruction of the dollar: "We will look back on 20% inflation with nostalgia." Investment seminars have become regular events at vacation spots in Florida and California. This weekend some 1,600 people are expected to pay up to $445 each for a five-day marathon at Miami Beach's Fontainebleau Hilton...
...rise in tensions came in the wake of an agreement that first appeared to defuse the latest cycle of labor turmoil. After a 13-hour negotiating marathon, union and government representatives early last week announced a tentative settlement on two of Solidarity's key demands. The government accepted, in principle, a five-day work week, but would allow only three free Saturdays a month for the rest of the year. Solidarity was also promised access to state television and radio...
...previous refusal to negotiate and dispatching the Minister of Union Affairs, Stanislaw Ciosek, to Rzeszow. Ciosek informed the strikers the government was ready to talk. With that, Walesa and a handful of dissidents left for bargaining sessions in Warsaw. At week's end, after a 13-hour negotiating marathon, both sides announced agreement on the work week and access to the media. The government accepted the 40-hour week in principle but would only allow three free Saturdays a month this year; in addition, Solidarity would be granted a one-hour weekly television program...