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...former Chicagoan: "I feel a little ridiculous being snowbound in 1 ½ in. of snow." Many motorists simply abandoned their cars. But Virginia Lichlyter, a graduate student at Georgia State University, persevered. Her six-mile commute from school to home took 7½ hr. Thousands of people were marooned overnight in office buildings, shopping malls and a mortuary. Atlantans rushed to stock up on portable heaters, batteries, lanterns and candles. "It's been crazy, totally insane," said Hardware Store Salesman James Hoelscher. "We're sold out of just about everything." In fact, the clamor for survival equipment...
...been in existence, it has gained much for its people, considering the circumstances. Unfortunately, the union gave the Polish government too little room to maneuver in without arousing Soviet apprehension. Although human rights should not be begged and bar gained for, they aren't prizes to be won overnight either. Now Solidarity may have lost...
...were oversold. Said Brittan: "What went wrong was the claim that there were going to be extremely rapid results as soon as the policies of less government intervention in the economy were installed. Neither Ronald Reagan nor Margaret Thatcher could admit that governments cannot reverse long-term historical trends overnight...
Ironically, the day martial law was imposed in Poland and fear, pain and grief descended upon the country, the sun rose with unusual clarity and brilliance, following two bleak weeks of gray skies and snow. In Gdansk, where Polish hopes for freedom had begun and had now terminated overnight, all that could be seen of the roundup of Solidarity's leadership were riot police encircling the union headquarters...
...more volatile than on the Sunday net work talk shows. A Senator or Cabinet member eager to be earnest about energy finds himself bumped for a Middle Eastern head of state ready to fly across the Atlantic just to Face the Nation or Meet the Press. Suppliants among politicians overnight become the sought-after when they become controversial. Timing can help or hurt. Stockman was to have been Brinkley's first guest on his ABC debut, then canceled out. With a gulp, a disappointed Brinkley conceded that Stockman was wise to lie low a while...