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...individual performances are nearly flawless. Mignes-Johnson combines a mesmerizing screen presence with a powerful voice. Both tenor Domingo and baritone Raimondi are also on the mark, although their acting is stiffer than Mignes-Johnson's. One only hopes that the soundtrack has been doctored as little as possible, because that would add a technological taint to what appears to be a wholly natural and soaring film...
Underlying the problems of California's vintners is the general stagnation in U.S. wine sales. Says Ann Clurman, a social-trends researcher for Yankelovich, Skelly & somewhat." White: The fetish "Wine for has lost fitness, its along status with increased minimum drinking ages and stiffer drunk-driving laws, has stalled U.S. adult per capita wine consumption at about 2.2 gal. annually...
...week that left no one jumping for joy, President Reagan ruled out import quotas to shield the American steel industry from cheaper foreign steel. Instead he opted for a system of voluntary restraints on shipments to the U.S. by producers in Japan, Brazil, South Korea and elsewhere and vowed stiffer enforcement of existing Fair Trade laws. Unionized steelworkers said Reagan did not go far enough toward protecting their jobs. The steel industry, drained by $4.7 billion in losses during the past two years partly because of foreign competition, had lobbied for more protection...
While some proctors said the new stiffer policy was appropriate for high school students, several objected to its application of college-age and older Summer School students...
...plea for an even bigger turnout the following day. Then Scargill was arrested for obstruction at Orgreave's main gate. He was quickly released on bail, but the reaction was nonetheless swift and brutal. Within hours, more than 3,000 demonstrators had gathered, and police charges were meeting stiffer resistance. Lengths of wire were strung across the road at the height of a horse's fetlock and a rider's neck. Telephone poles were ripped down and used as battering rams against police lines. The authorities and some miners blamed the renewed violence on hardline Marxist infiltrators...