Word: mount
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Though signs are beginning to mount that the 18-month-old slump is at last starting to draw to a close, no sector of the economy can yet be sure of a sustained recovery; in the case of steel, the outlook is bleakest of all. More than almost any other part of Smokestack America, steelmaking finds itself struggling to survive not just the current downturn but a whole host of other, longer-lasting problems. These range from the lofty, uncompetitive wages of the unionized employees, to the antiquated state of many of the mills and fabricating plants, to the relentless...
...support Reagan's Sept. 1 peace plan, which calls for the Israeli-occupied West Bank to be linked to Jordan, fear that the proposal could be "misinterpreted" to allow for an independent Palestinian state one day. After a speech before the National Press Club and a tour of Mount Vernon with his wife Ofira, Navon flew on to New York City and Boston for talks with American Jewish groups and others...
Peter Weir, the first Australian director to make an international name for himself, has chosen to steer a course that is at once more cautious and more daring. He has taken MGM/UA's largesse to mount a more elaborate version of the theme that solders his five earlier films: the collision between British culture and anarchic nature, a conflict that virtually defines the Australian experience. The scene is Indonesia in 1965, as the Sukarno government stumbles toward a coup that will eventually end the strongman's reign. In the streets, Communist marchers sing revolutionary songs with Whiffenpoof harmonies...