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...frontier, placing them in good position to recapture the strategic Kurdish city of Halabja. Iranian leaders tried to sound optimistic, but they could not hide the reversal of their fortunes. Said Prime Minister Mir Hussein Mousavi: "War is a complicated and technical matter, and naturally at a certain point retreat will help the final victory...
...drought country: some 80% of its corn crop and more than 60% of its soybeans are in poor-to-very-poor condition. In Chicago the news that scattered showers were sprinkling the blistered Plains and Midwest created a near panic in the commodity pits as traders rushed to retreat from the sky-high futures prices they had been paying during the bone-dry days of late June...
Despite the Baptist retreat, Howard Moody, the pace-setting prochoice pastor, does not feel hampered by the A.B.C.'s new policy: "I know the conservatives are trying to water down the abortion stance of the mainline churches, but as long as the bottom line is the protection of the conscience of the individual woman to do what she has to do, we're in our tradition." One consequence of the changing mood within the mainline groups: it will be increasingly difficult for them to continue to play an activist role in the ever more volatile abortion debate...
...against American Airlines. While supporters describe his approach as a welcome addition to strike tactics, critics attack him as a glory hound who seduces local unions into pursuing his interests -- publicity and influence over the rank and file -- rather than theirs. Whatever the judgment, in an era of union retreat, Rogers provides a rallying point for labor...
...Constitution. The President doubles as head of state and is thus endowed with the aura of a king. When Challenger explodes, when Marines come home dead, he is the nation. His person embodies the state, and we give him all the accoutrements: a plane, a fanfare, a mountain retreat. Even the rowdy White House press corps stands up when he enters the room. He symbolizes the power of the state, and it happens that his is the most powerful state on earth. Which makes him, so goes the syllogism, the most powerful man on earth...