Word: return
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...those with such an eye to history, the garden represents a chance to create something that lasts. In the late Middle Ages, when plague ran rampant through Europe, explains Historian Barbara Tuchman, survivors feared that the wilderness would return because there would not be enough people alive to hold it back. "Gardening," she says, "is a ritual that responds to a desire in people to restore order." Even today she finds that the appeal of her own garden lies in a sense of permanence and renewal. "It says that everything is fine in the midst of chaos and bewilderment...
Mitterrand's last-minute presidential plunge into the campaign reflected real Socialist fears that the French electorate, apparently in an unpredictable mood, was capable of anything -- including the return of a conservative majority. The Socialists, who initially expected a landslide victory on the strength of Mitterrand's electoral momentum, faltered in the first round of balloting on June 5. The party won only 37.5% of the vote, compared with 40.5% for the conservative alliance comprising the neo-Gaullist Rassemblement pour la Republique and the center-right Union pour la Democratie Francaise. The Communists, written off after their 6.8% score...
Despite this giveback and the return of another 325 Orthodox sites over the past three years, church activities remain sharply restricted in the Soviet Union. Only 7,000 churches are functioning in the country today, compared with 70,000 in pre-Revolution days. Formal religious instruction is banned. And the 17 church-control laws instituted by Stalin in 1929 even forbid charitable work, although bit by bit some Christians are being allowed to help at clinics, mental hospitals and homes for the aged. There is no word as yet on the fate of the long-promised revision of Stalin...
...usual; at an average wage of $13.55 an hour, and with considerable overtime, some mill hands were earning more than $40,000 a year. But at several mills the company insisted on eliminating "premium pay," the double wage that paperworkers have traditionally received for Sunday and holiday shifts. In return for the concession, the company offered workers one-time bonuses ranging...
...timing of the demands angered employees. The company's earnings more than doubled in 1986, rose 33% in 1987 to $407 million and increased at an annual rate of 77% in the first quarter of 1988. Nonetheless, IP contends that its return on investment lags behind much of the paper industry's. Warns Spokesman Richard White: "If we don't get all our costs in line, we'll end up like the shoe industry, another tombstone in Maine...