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...produce in several areas, the protest did not markedly disrupt commerce. "I don't think anyone missed a loaf of bread, an orange or an apple," said Ed Bacon, president of Louisiana's Motor Transportation Association. Concluded Massachusetts Produce Wholesaler Chris Rodes: "It was a very minor inconvenience." The violence and vandalism that in the end left one person dead and at least 66 others injured dropped sharply last week, and truck traffic levels crept back to normal in most states. By week's end police had arrested 95 people in connection with the incidents, some...
Many operators and their representatives were glad it was over. Said Paul Stalknecht, managing director of the New Jersey Motor Truck Association: "The only plus is that immediate attention has been drawn to the industry's problems. But that is a very minor plus. The image of the industry has been damaged because of the irresponsible actions of a very small body." Indeed, the protest may have set back the lobbying efforts of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters, the American Trucking Associations and other trucking organizations that opposed the strike. "This shutdown has only given truckers a black...
Recent weeks have brought a series of minor brushes as Israeli units tried to pass U.S. Marine checkpoints outside Beirut and were turned back; in the ugliest incident so far, a Marine captain brandished a pistol and turned away a trio of Israeli tanks. U.S. officials are convinced that the tank ploy was a deliberate act of provocation and that Sharon was behind it. Said a U.S. official: "Someone was trying to make some points...
Rosovsky: Absolutely not I must say, that has never entered my mind. To be sure, a senior professor is more expensive than a younger professor, but that is only a very minor matter. My real concerns are two: the opportunity for young scholars, and the process of determining specifically when someone should not longer be in the university. Frankly I like the mandatory retirement age, because it doesn't require invidious judgements. 'I think that life is already too full of these judgements, particularly the academic world...
...organized in a rigid, vertical chain of command, cronyism is widespread. Many of its officers are not above currying favor with their superiors and sometimes compound their mistakes by trying to cover them up. According to Defector Vladimir Kuzichkin, this most secretive of organizations has had its share of minor security lapses. An angry old woman searching for a toy store located across the street was once discovered roaming through the ground floor of the KGB building. In an incident that must have left Andropov red-faced, a distinguished group of guests who had come to confer with...