Word: toughers
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...difficult one to get excited about defending? That the editors who did get excited about it were all men must reinforce skepticism about the integrity of those who have jumped on the "protect the First Amendment" bandwagon. Those who use "freedom of speech" as a means of avoiding tougher questions are only strengthening the hand of cynics who view that important freedom as a fraud...
...dancing in it at the Kirov. For American audiences she has rearranged the work, adding and deleting portions. Most of the time she manages to keep the story line in focus. She is clearly skilled at staging Russian classics, but it requires either a more imaginative choreographer or a tougher critical judgment to translate the work completely from a secure tradition to a new aesthetic setting. In the first act, an hour and ten minutes long, melodramatic mime sequences and decorative dancing compete for the viewer's attention...
...leadership, had just returned from meetings in Mexico, Canada and with President Carter in Washington. He will remain as caretaker until the elections are held, probably at about the same time as the upper-house balloting next month. But by then he will have had to face an even tougher fight to prove once again that he is the strongest man within his own party...
...cars and trucks sold in the U.S. But the automakers were split on the issue. Chrysler's Iacocca wanted a "gentleman's agreement" with the Japanese to cut back exports; Ford's chairman, Philip Caldwell, and the U.A.W.'s Fraser wanted still tougher restrictions; GM's Murphy opposed forcing a halt in imports from Japan. In the midst of his plea for pressure on the Japanese, Fraser looked across the polished table and saw Murphy about to start a rebuttal. Said the U.A.W. leader puckishly: "Now, Tom, keep quiet. I didn't interrupt...
...automen admitted that tax incentives and other federal aids will be slow in coming. None expects any of the emission and safety standards changes that they have been demanding. Imports are a tougher issue. While the President agreed to raise the trade problem with the Japanese at the Western economic summit meeting next month, the auto executives doubt he will do much beyond jawboning. The reason: import restrictions would mean higher-priced small cars and raise the flame under U.S. inflation. But the industry appeared at least reassured that the Administration has finally recognized trade as an issue...