Word: steel
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...piano hammers in the background as the residents of "Steeltown, U.S.A." battle the manipulations of the inexorable, cigar-chomping "Mister Mister" (David Reiffel). Mister Mister owns the factories and the town newspaper and heads the union-busting Liberty Committee, his wife bribes the preacher to fan war hysteria so steel prices will stay high, while his henchman track down dirt on the heroic labor-organizers who are trying to bring about a social revolution. Their speeches are not just background color thrown it to give characters an excuse for passionate devotion or to propel a romantic plot Rather they...
Instead, the unions directed their wrath toward the European Community, which last week issued an important rebuff to a Belgian plan to restructure the nation's archaic steel industry at a cost of $1.1 billion and 5,000 lost jobs. Two major trade unions in Wallonia promptly began a weeklong series of strikes and demonstrations...
Martens fears that the Community decision could revive the smoldering cause of linguistic separatism because the ailing steel industry is concentrated in French-speaking Wallonia. Says he: "All the tensions surrounding the regional balance in the country have been provoked again." That, in turn, could threaten the :ntire recovery program. Martens' four previous governments collapsed over linguistic or economic disputes...
...year-old Harvard Stadium. Total project costs will exceed $8 million for the renovation, which is scheduled to be at least partly completed by September 13, the date of the first football game, Robert J. Burbank, project manager for the project, said this week. Years of erosion of steel support beams necessitated the reconstruction, which will include the replacement of beams, installment of new seating and rebuilding of concession stands, restrooms and repairs to all concrete work...
...attempt to create a tin cartel is likely to founder on some hard economic realities. The metal is mainly used to plate the steel in so-called tin cans. Canning companies use tin because it resists corrosion that can be caused by acids often found in foods. Tin consumption, however, has been declining for years. More and more food is being packaged in sealed plastic pouches, and tin users are experimenting with such substitute materials as aluminum...