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...shortly after his emergence as Mao's prospective heir, Hua joined Chiang Ch'ing and her group of radicals in attacking Teng's "counterrevolutionary line." Since he became Chairman last October, however, Hua has gradually and tacitly conceded that the heretic was right. One Teng tactic that Hua has adopted has been a tough line on law and order, in an attempt to put down the widespread strikes and other civil disorders that have plagued his regime. The troubles are largely the result of anger and cynicism among workers who have been subjected to wild extremes...
...Steiner and Daniel Cantor, director of personnel administration, orchestrated a campaign that included frequent meetings with Med Area workers and the distribution of 12 pamphlets questioning the motives and effectiveness of District 65. While Leslie A. Sullivan, chief organizer for District 65, characterized the University's efforts as "scare tactics," Steiner holds that the entire effort was aimed at informing, rather than indoctrinating the workers, and that Harvard at all times adhered to NLRB campaign regulations. Given the University ability to squeeze almost any tactic it wants to employ within the confines of a convoluted statute, Steiner probably is right...
Pipes Under Pipes. First proposed in 1969, more than a year after the Atlantic Richfield Co. (Arco) struck oil at Prudhoe Bay, the pipeline ran into one delaying tactic after another. Alaska's natives-Eskimos, Aleuts and Indians -pressed for and won a federal law guaranteeing them a share of the pipeline's riches. Environmentalists insisted that the wildest of America's frontiers be protected, its delicate balance of nature left undisturbed. Not until the spring of 1974 did the bulldozers start moving; they began then only because the Arab oil embargo pressured Congress into passing...
Miami's homosexual activists-who organized well themselves-also overdramatized their case. Some gays attached pink triangles to their clothes, reminiscent of the yellow star that Jews were forced to wear in Hitler's Germany. This tactic backfired badly...
...press has grossly exaggerated the actual salaries baseball stars receive. Sources involved in the industry say that figures reported in the media should be discounted by one-third. Owners release inflated contract amounts to reassure the public that players are well paid. This tactic seems devised to lure the fans to management's camp, as if there were a baseball salary war and both players and owners needed the largest contingent of allies...