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Tracking Shot #1--A checker Marathon rolls down the Mass Pike Extension toward the Brattle. In it is the pedestrian in the heavy wool sweater. Most of the traffic is headed toward Boston. At the toll the pedestrian in the sweater hands a quarter to a toll collector who barely acknowledges...

Author: By Thomas Hines, | Title: Two American Actors | 10/15/1981 | See Source »

...that were worse than anything its warships had encountered on the open seas: poor management and inflation. A holding company called Bath Industries was formed, and in 196 it merged with Congoleum-Nairn, a firm that makes tiles, wall decorations an other surface coverings. Inflation began taking a severe toll in the recession year of 1974. BIW's fixed-price contracts did not allow for rapidly rising costs, and losses mounted sharply. On top of a $10 mllion run of red ink, BIW lost major defense contracts in the early 1970s. I 1975 new management took over the company...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Bath's Fighting Company | 10/12/1981 | See Source »

...John Toll, president of the university, said the $3 million slated for merit salary increases in 1983, and the $1 million in the faculty recruitment and retention fund will boost faculty salaries...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Salary Fight | 10/10/1981 | See Source »

...fighting continues to take an enormous economic toll. Iraqi oil production has dropped to an estimated 900,000 bbl. per day, one-third of prewar levels, as Iranian jets have bombed storage and production sites. Iran is now pumping only about 1 million bbl., down from an average of 1.6 million bbl. per day just before...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Persian Gulf: Stalemate in a Forgotten War | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

...Their assignment includes reading two comedies, two tragedies and two historical dramas and watching six televised performances (from the Shakespeare series co-produced by BBC-TV and Time-Life Television). The midterm and final can be submitted by mail. The University of Iowa has given its 100 telestudents a toll-free number and specific office hours for talking with the course instructor. Says Education Professor Gordon Cantor: "People not only call with questions, they call to argue...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Education: No Boob Tubes | 10/5/1981 | See Source »

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