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...reserve system in violation of antitrust laws. This time, ruling on a suit filed by John Mackey, former Colts tight end and past president of the N.F.L. Players Association, Minneapolis Judge Earl Larson ripped the so-called Rozelle rule, linchpin of the reserve system. Calling it "an unreasonable restraint of trade," he concluded that the reserve clause "is so clearly contrary to public policy that it is per se illegal...
...been helped by the improving international economic climate, the cure has been largely self-administered. The main feature is Prime Minister Harold Wilson's deal with trade unions to hold wage increases to a maximum of $12 per week, thus slowing the inflationary spiral. In addition to wage restraint, the Labor government is seeking to put Britain's nationalized industries, which have eaten up $18 billion in taxes and loans over the past few years, on a sounder economic footing. Instead of being run for such "social goals" as full employment and regional development, the nationalized industries, which...
...Unless the Soviet Union shows restraint in its foreign policy actions, the situation in our relationship is bound to become more tense...
Skip Mendler's portrayal of Allan Felix in the Winthrop House Dramatics Society production of Play It Again, Sam lacks the essential element of restraint. Mendler is not lacking in energy. But his performance forces us to believe that Allan is constantly operating at a feverish pitch of anxiety through the several weeks of action that elapse in the play. As portrayed by Mendler, Allan has very little interest for us; watching him quickly becomes monotonous...
...media" -a careless lumping together of what is in fact a remarkably diverse and independent collection of publishers and broadcasters. Yet Fulbright may have a point when he is worried about the spread of an automatic, "emotional mistrust to Government in general." He calls for "a measure of voluntary restraint, an implicit agreement among the major groups and interests in our society that none will apply their powers to the fullest." Not a bad precept-and not an easy one to apply in a system that depends on adversary relationships, among press, politicians and courts, as well as relationships...