Word: seamans
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Soviets do indeed have some vital economic advantages. They do not have to charge the 12.5% to 15% increases scheduled by the various price-fixing conferences for 1978. Wage costs for their crews are laughably low by U.S. standards-$97 a month for the master, $31 for an ordinary seaman. The vessels are fueled at costs that are fully 75% below those of other nations. Thus, under present circumstances the Soviet ships seem likely to pick up more and more cargo...
...nick of time, however (nicks are another reason that the 1890s are good for story writing; modern times don't seem to have nicks, only a lot of existential despair, and it is hard to find a place to hang a plot), Elliott rescues a sinking seaman, who happens to be the sweetheart of Lampie's daughter Nora (Helen Reddy). All of the townspeople gather to drive off greedy Dr. Terminus and to sing a big production number to let Elliott know they think he's an O.K. dragon. Like most of the other big song...
...Barbara Seaman, author of Free and Female, goes further: "The backlash is against casual sex because a lot of people were hurt. It was as if there was a train gradually carrying us away from Victorian morality, but then suddenly in the '60s and '70s the train became a runaway, and a lot of passengers were injured. Now the brakes are starting to be repaired...
Over the past seven months alone, Bureau Chief William Mader and Correspondent Barrett Seaman have reported nine stories involving West Germany's continuing struggle with radical violence, including the kidnaping of the since murdered industrial leader, Hanns-Martin Schleyer. Following the Schleyer abduction, terrorism became what Mader describes as a "prime preoccupation" of the bureau as it prepared to cover further developments that were sure to come-and did, with great drama, last week. Says Mader: "Tragically, the likelihood is that we will face more such stories...
...somewhat, too. To learn how one representative American suburb uses energy, and how it has responded to Carter's call for conservation, TIME Correspondent Patricia Delaney went to Hinsdale, Illinois. Then, to see how another affluent suburb takes a different approach to the same problem, TIME Correspondent Barrett Seaman visited Rösrath, outside of Cologne, West Germany. Their reports...