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...hunters and, presumably, the hunted went home in sour moods, in time to read News of the World headlines about Diana's supposed onrushing emotional breakdown. The story quoted University of Washington Psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Holmes as saying that Diana had an 80% chance of becoming ill. On his Holmes-Rahe scale, which rates such stressful occurrences as marriage (50), trouble with in-laws (29) and change of financial state (38), Diana scored "an alarming 417." This put her in peril, the doctor was quoted as saying, of ailments ranging from "a prolonged cold to an obsessive-compulsive disorder such...
Labor relations, however, have begun to turn sour for some companies. American Airlines, which lost $18.2 million in 1982, won about $20 million worth of concessions from its pilots last August. But American narrowly avoided a strike last week when negotiators for 10,000 of the airline's ground workers decided to delay the walkout and ask for a membership vote. At Eastern, which lost $18.8 million last year, 13,500 mechanics and baggage handlers plan to walk off the job in March rather than accept new pay freezes...
...legislation imposing new discipline on the banks. Among the provisions of a bill expected to be introduced this week are measures to limit the amount a bank can lend to any one country and to force banks to reserve more money for loan losses when foreign loans begin to sour...
...sweeten sour ties, Nakasone pays a call and Shultz girds for Asia
...Even the much touted high-tech industries are feeling the pinch. The electronic-components field had back-to-back growth rates of 18% in 1978 and '79, but will probably close out this year with a 1.4% drop in sales. And the usually sparkling California wine industry reports sour grapes: only one-tenth of 1 % growth in shipments over last year...