Word: seene
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Undeniably, the textile factories of the South are a major target for the AFL-CIO, which has seen the unionized portion of the American labor force slip from 26.6% ten years ago to 24% today. AFL-CIO President George Meany professes surprise at what he calls business's "holy war" against the Senate bill. He claims the battle should be solely between the unions and "lawbreaking corporations...
...Thevis was to be returned to Springfield-he had lost the case and was ordered to pay $675,000 to insurance companies and a former peep-show competitor-he was let out of his cell to make a phone call. He never returned. Three hours after he was last seen, someone thought to notify the police...
...guerrillas came in, they were welcomed by the people with joy and jubilation. But after a short time, they realized that things were going to be even worse than they were under Mobutu." The guerrillas, apparently, were abusive and rough with the local population; many of them were seen drunk or high on marijuana. When they left, they took hundreds of youths, many no older than twelve, as conscripted recruits to their cause. Says one disillusioned supporter: "They behaved just like soldiers...
Although no parliamentary seats were at stake, the elections were seen as an important index of the national mood. The results surprised even those who had expected the Christian Democrats to benefit from a wave of sympathy after Moro's murder. The party won 42.5% of the vote (up from 39% in the 1976 general election), while the Communists took only 26.5% (down from 34%). Recouping their losses of two years ago, the Socialists came in with a respectable 13.5%. The centrist Republicans and Social Democrats also gained, while the neo-Fascist Italian Social Movement and the far left...
...small rectangle. Suddenly I've had to relearn to see, and it's terrific." Viewers of his panoramas have to relearn to see as well. In the Cirkut panorama there is no vanishing point, and each shot has a slightly skewed perspective different from what is normally seen by the human eye. The result, with some horizontal straight lines appearing curved, and some curved lines straight, is slightly disorienting...