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...Secretary will have to be equally resourceful at the Labor Department. Business groups will want him to rein in pesky regulatory agencies like the Occupational Safety and Health Administration. Unions will want him to resist those pressures and to quash the idea, popular among businessmen, of a lower minimum wage for youths. While declining to take a stand on such issues before his confirmation hearing, Donovan does say that he thinks reducing the Government's role in the economy is crucial. Says he: "We no longer have the best and the cheapest. We must get back to work...
Until last week, Lech Walesa and other union leaders had not been able to rein in Solidarity's rank and file. But in response to the Moscow summit, Solidarity warned its local branches not to strike without its authorization. The next major test of his control could come at week's end with the start of observances marking the tenth anniversary of the 1970 Gdansk riots, in which at least 49 Poles were killed. This symbolic occasion could touch off another bout of labor unrest and perhaps force Moscow's hand...
...admirable theory, but the whole tradition of the demonic robot assumes that when a metal creature feels immortal longings, no mere law can rein him in. Arthur C. Clarke demonstrated that in 2001. The computer HAL not only operates the space ship and talks in a supercilious tenor but is so exalted by its own superiority ("I am incapable of making an error") that it starts killing the astronauts who interfere with its plans. In a 1976 MGM effort titled Demon Seed, a presumptuous robot goes even further and fulfills the sinful ambition of making Julie Christie pregnant. But then...
...boosted the discount rate, the interest it charges on loans to member banks, from 11% to 12%, and tacked on an additional 2% surcharge for especially big bank borrowers. A number of Fed watchers believe that the central bank plans to work hard at least through Jan. 20 to rein in the money supply, whose growth is still exceeding Fed Chairman Paul Volcker's targets. Says Investment Analyst Julian Snyder: "For Volcker, the next three months provide a great opportunity to clamp on the monetary brakes with minimum political interference. He can try to wring out in December what...
...Mike Durgin and company decide to key on Czinger they'll do nothing but give freer rein to the rest of the Eli five-man line. Anchored by tackle Serge Mihaly, a blood-and-guts player who at 6-ft., 3-in. more than adequately fills the left side, the line has proved nothing short of remarkable against the rush. Yale opponents have gained only 844 yards on the ground all season--in the Eli's 30-10 triumph over hapless Columbia, the Lions were held to negative six yards of offense in the second half...