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...worried." Roy Gavel, previously laid off as a Chevrolet assembly worker in 1975, got certified as a diesel mechanic to ensure more steady work. His new job lasted about a year; after more than 20 applications for jobs, he has given up on Detroit and, joining a growing tide, plans to move his wife and infant son to Texas...
...conference will focus on whether "a rising tide raises all ships," as President Reagan's economic policy assumes, or whether areas with special problems like Detroit's need more attention. Bluestone said...
Fish, however, looks back to the good old days when Harvard--not Alabama--was the Crimson Tide: "Why, when I played, Harvard and other Ivy schools were the top teams in the country. Today, they are second rate. Most of the good players in the country came to Harvard, Yale and Dartmouth. But now we can't compete. Players from other schools outweigh Harvard people by 20 pounds...
Initially, the Swedes had vowed to keep the intruder until the Soviets gave an adequate explanation of how and why its skipper had come to grief only ten yds. from shore, like a careless Sunday yachtsman caught by an ebbing tide. The Swedes scoffed at the Soviets' reported claim that the sub's navigation gear had failed: after all, it had certainly been working well enough to guide the vessel up the channel in the first place. Declared General Lennart Ljung, the Supreme Commander of the Swedish Armed Forces: "I don't think it happened because...
Women still make 59 cents for every dollar that men make. Women still make up the vast majority of workers employed in low-paying clerical and service jobs. The current tide of conservatism is pushing women back towards complete economic dependence. This movement has failed to realize that women's roles have changed dramatically in the last few decades: a majority of women are sole heads of households. These women must have equal opportunities to support themselves and their families...