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...long as males have employed females, sexual harassment-whether a sniggering grab or outright sex-for-salary extortion-has been a fact of countless women's working lives. Yet as the proportion of women in the work force increased sharply in the past decade, so did the reports of on-the-job intimidation. According to the Center for Women Policy Studies, a Washington-based research group, as many as 18 million American females were harassed sexually while at work during 1979 and 1980. But according to antifeminist Crusader Phyllis Schlafly, most of those 18 million were asking...
...China's uncertain liberalization came in a sudden midnight raid by Public Security Bureau agents. Their targets: Xu Wenli, 37, and Yang Jing, about 30, the editors of a hand-mimeographed dissident newsletter, April Fifth Forum, named for a 1976 antigovernment demonstration. Though Chief Editor Xu scrupulously avoided outright criticism of China's leaders and shunned the label of dissident, he has been outspoken in demanding more freedom of expression. Last year he noted that "if only views that echo the leadership are allowed, there is no way to speak of real freedom of speech." Though April Fifth...
...they prayed, a 39-man team of Indonesian commandos were clambering up metal ladders onto the wings of the DC-9. At precisely 2:36 a.m. the plane's doors burst open and the commandos hurtled inside with machine guns blazing. Three of the kneeling terrorists were killed outright. The 44 frightened passengers first ducked behind their seats, then scrambled onto the wings and jumped to safety. A terrorist trying to escape among them was shot dead; another was captured. In nine minutes, the Indonesian military squad had put an end to a three-day hijacking. The toll...
When using inflation accounting, other large companies show smaller profits, if not outright losses. Exxon's income dips $560 million to slightly more than $5 billion; Alcoa's plunges from $470 million to $ 144 million. Robert Hampton III, a Price Waterhouse senior partner, says that a survey of 83 companies using inflation accounting last year showed that real profits were about 40% less than those reported on the normal balance sheet. Another survey, by Arthur Young & Co., revealed after adjustments for inflation that airlines, railroads and tire and rubber companies actually lost money. High-technology companies like...
...officially waived pitcher Skip Lockwood yesterday and will probably give Dick Drago his outright release this afternoon. In other transactions, the Cleveland Indians sent Chris Bando and Karl Pagel to Charleston of the International League, the New York Mets sold Mark Bomback to Toronto, the Milwaukee Brewers sent Mark Brouhard and Buster Keeton to Vancouver of the Pacific Coast League, and the Pittsburgh Pirates sent pitcher Bob Owchinko to Oakland for future considerations...