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Victimized by a violent society filled with high-strung, gun-swinging adolescents, the workers try to keep out of the way of clashes between the teenagers and police, but frequently get caught in the middle of the bloody confrontations. Oppressed by a brutal police force which randomly kills first and asks questions later, the workers observe the blatant butchering of innocent citizens knowing that at any time it could be them at the other end of the gun. Manipulated by greedy bosses who refuse to make concessions to their simple requests for more money to enable them to eat their...
...troubleshooter. In 1967, when Reagan was Governor of California, he appointed Clark his chief of staff during an early crisis; thereafter Clark kept the Governor's office meticulously organized. In 1981, as Deputy Secretary of State, Clark worked to smooth Secretary of State Alexander Haig's high-strung relations with the White House. Finally, when Clark replaced Richard Allen as Reagan's National Security Adviser in January of last year, the common reaction in Washington was relief: a bland but efficient mediator had been brought in to straighten out a floundering operation. The staff was demoralized...
...high strung as Kahan is low key, Barak (whose name means lightning in Hebrew) was the panel's conscience, its most strident and at times indignant voice. An international authority on commercial law, Barak offers a dazzling resume. He was, at 32, Israel's youngest full professor, at 38 its youngest Attorney General, and at 42 one of its youngest Supreme Court Justices. He is also, as the Jerusalem Post puts it, "a pillar of probity," a respected champion of individual rights, indifferent to rank and impervious to reputation. As Attorney General, in 1977 he sent to prison...
...shirtsleeved, tousled-haired physicist bounded across the platform, he unleashed his ideas in staccato bursts and gesticulated with the verve of a maestro. "You have to pardon Carlo," said a colleague. "He's a little high-strung these days." With good reason. Using one of the world's most powerful atom smashers, Italy's Carlo Rubbia, 48, and his team of 134 European and American scientists appear to have snared a trophy that has been the dream of physicists for two generations: discovery of the so-called W particle, the elusive carrier of one of the universe...
Down 62-44 with just under 12 minutes remaining, the cagers staged a rally that soon brought the Briggs Athletic Center crowd of 800 back into the contest. The Crimson strung together eight unanswered points to come within range of the fleet-footed Bruins...