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However, union bosses believe that it will not take long for their members to do an about-face and fall in with their stride. "Just wait until the next cost of living raise is scheduled to go in," says Irving Bluestone, head of U.A.W.'s General Motors Department. "The men are going to realize that they're not getting money they went out on strike for, and I think all hell's going to break loose." Not consulted on the Administration's planning for the freeze, Meany & Co. are determined to play a major role in shaping the post-freeze...
Speedy southpaws, a notably skittish breed, are traditionally either late bloomers or early dropouts. Lefty Grove was 27 before he hit his stride, Rube Waddell 25 before he found the strike zone, and Warren Spahn 25 before he won his first major-league game...
...Bando (18 homers, 73 RBIs) and Rightfielder Reggie Jackson (20 homers, 52 RBls) provide the power. After a slow start, Centerfielder Rick Monday hit his stride two weeks ago when he clouted six homers in seven games. And when Monday or some other regular is not carrying the load, there always seems to be someone on the bench ready to take over, most notably Utility Men Tommy Davis (.322) and Gene Tenace (.314). Shut out only six times in 118 games this season, the A's are a well-rounded squad of solid, if not spectacular players who almost always...
Surely Quit First. One reason may be that Nixon's news did not fall in a vacuum. The sensitive Nationalists have hung on each step that the President has made easing trade and travel with Peking. But his giant stride has called into question Taiwan's U.N. status, and touched off intensive political and diplomatic strategy sessions on the island...
Horseman offers the secondary pleasure of watching a writer just as he is hitting full stride. Richler, who was born in Montreal, is one of Canadian culture's leading unrepentant truants. He has written five previous novels. Their themes range from sociopolitical consciousness (The Acrobats) through pungently realistic picaresques of Montreal Jewish life (The Apprenticeship of Duddy Kravitz) to outrageous expatriate satire (Cocksure). Finally, at 40, Richler has brought all these strains together. The result is a resounding war cry, love song and apologia for the fundamentally decent man who can fumble through the depravity of the times...