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...pressed into accepting contract concessions at General Motors, just as they had been earlier at Ford. Meanwhile, the Big Three carmakers watched as new car sales continued to lose a battle against recession, high prices, prohibitive interest rates and an invasion of imports. Automobile sales figures for the second ten-day selling period in March were grim: off 43.5% from the year-earlier pace...
There's no popcorn machine in the lobby or X-rated fare on the screen, yet the movie business flourishes in China. On a ten-day State Department-sponsored visit to Peking, Shanghai and Canton, Hollywood Veteran Kirk Douglas, 63, found that interest runs high-even in his own old swashbucklers. He screened three of his pictures (Spartacus, Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and Lust for Life) for small but enthusiastic audiences. Douglas also took a meeting with the cast of Teahouse, an epic film currently under production. "Let's not waste any time," said Douglas to Wang...
...certain way, it was refreshing to work in an atmosphere where my school, previous work experience, grades and father's friend's friends had absolutely no relevance. But why didn't folks want to try out" on a ten-day, free-examination basis" the wonders of Basic Wiring, the Gunfighters (from "the very popular 'Old West Series'") or Knights of the Air("with a beautifully-bound leatherette cover and an authentic cut-out design of the Red Baron's plane...
...demonstrate Solidarity's good faith, Walesa repeated his call for an end to Poland's current welter of strikes. Earlier in the week, he had persuaded the 120,000-member chapter in Tarnobrzeg Province to end a ten-day walkout, but approximately 160,000 workers remained idle throughout the country...
...parliamentary vote appeared to strengthen the hand of Solidarity Leader Lech Walesa and his fellow moderates, who faced a crucial showdown with union radicals as the ten-day Gdansk session opened on Saturday. Solidarity Secretary Andrzej Celinski hailed the government measure as a "victory for the union." When a number of congress delegates grumbled during opening sessions that the legislation did not, go far enough, Solidarity spokesmen argued yet again that some compromise was necessary. Said one State Department analyst: "Basically, the government has said that if the moderates come through, we'll try it. If they...