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Government officials and economists have made much of the "moderate" settlements that other major unions have agreed to this year. Increases in rubber, oil, trucking and apparel have averaged no more than 7%. But 7% seemed tolerable because the strong productivity gains that accompany a surging economy held production costs down. As the economy slows, however, output per man-hour will grow at a lower rate. Even if labor is moderate in its demands, production costs and prices will go up, and 7% pay gains will be harder to accept. If the unions decide to go for broke, a cost...
...Janeiro eight months ago. Drawing as many as 15,000 fans to their twice-monthly games, the teams square off with up to five drivers on a side (the number varies depending on the size of the field). Once the ball, a hood-high wad of hard rubber and canvas stuffed into a buffalo-hide covering, is put into play, virtually anything goes-up to and including head-on collisions. One of the few prohibitions is cutting directly in front of another driver while he is rolling the ball. That violation results in a free "kick" by an opposing driver...
LABOR: Reasonable settlements by major unions like the rubber and electrical workers have lately helped keep inflation from climbing even higher. Now the Teamsters are reported ready to settle this week for annual wage and benefit increases averaging about 7% over each of the next three years. However, the freeze on company prices could complicate final negotiations. A warm relationship has grown between Teamster Boss Frank Fitzsimmons and President Nixon, and there had been some fear among truck owners that the union would flaunt its clout in the White House to push for a much higher settlement...
...blackboard at home and wrote out a daily training program for the boy. Each evening Johnny dutifully checked the blackboard and then performed the prescribed number of barbell exercises, push-ups and basement practice shots before going to bed. To strengthen his wrists, he was given a small rubber ball to squeeze and carry with him at all times. At 15, Johnny was a wispy 5 ft. 2 in., 110 lbs., and needed all the muscle he could get. Two years later he was 10 in. taller-strong and proficient enough to win the U.S.G.A. Junior Championship. His goal...
...Measure come from Shakespeare's second drawer. Since the play is as smutty a text as he ever penned, director Kahn has helped the low-comedy scenes along with a considerable amount of bawdy byplay--such as the masturbatory caressing of a staff, the tossing about of a large rubber phallus, the snagging of a staff in a codpiece, the goosing of a tart with a loaf of bread, and the kneeing of an officer in the groin by a brothel-keeper. Ronald Frazier is amusing enough as Elbow, the malapropistic constable (a type better managed in the Dogberry...