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...heels could spark a circle of white flames...
Striking General Motors workers in Flint, Michigan scored a small victory today, as their walkout at an AC Delco plant forced the temporary closing of a nearby truck plant that was running short of components. GM furloughed 3,100 workers at the truck factory. The Delco plant produces spark plugs, filters, cruise controls and other parts for the industry's Big Three. "Today's automobile factory is living off day-to-day, shift-to-shift inventories," says TIME Detroit bureau chief William McWhirter. "One walkout can shut down everyone else." Negotiations between the two sides continued today. The United Auto...
...time around is that because of interest rates there has been some softness in customer demand that was not there this past fall." The strike could quickly cripple American car production, as the Big Three automakers and numerous repair shops rely on the Flint plant for such parts as spark plugs and air filters...
...president on Wednesday publicly admitted they were outmatched militarily. Moscow news reports said Russian forces now occupy the Chechen government headquarters, a "key target" across the street from the palace. TIME correspondent Ann Simmons, reporting from Moscow, says many Russian officials believe the inevitable fall of Grozny will merely spark a more fragmented guerrilla war as rebels dig in at camps in the Caucasian mountains: "Some have been saying, look out for terrorist attacks on Moscow...
...sloppiness on the blue line that led to several of the early losses has abated recently, which has helped spark the team's offense...