Word: tradings
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...will not go even that far. Beneath the New Forum umbrella are half a dozen smaller groups that bear such optimistic names as Democratic Awakening and Movement for Democracy Now. One of them, the United Left, seeks to eliminate the ruling party's Stalinist heritage and to form independent trade unions, but its members are avowed Marxists who fret that any "fundamental opening up of society" could threaten Communist rule. These differences could make consensus difficult if the New Forum attempts to draw up an agenda. For now, the various factions are not inclined even to merge. Says Barbel Bohley...
When Karan was growing up, the rag trade was a family tradition. Her father, who died when she was 3, was a custom tailor. Her mother worked as a showroom model and saleswoman. Her stepfather sold women's apparel. Karan studied at Parsons School of Design in Manhattan, then worked as an assistant to the legendary Anne Klein. When Klein died in 1974, Karan was named her successor. At that moment she was the 26-year-old mother of a week-old baby...
Halfway through an 18-day re-election campaign, Spanish Prime Minister Felipe Gonzalez Marquez finds himself attacked on several fronts. Once friendly trade unions complain that the Socialist leader has forsaken his party's traditional ideology by freezing social benefits and allowing 16% unemployment. Businessmen, who still applaud Gonzalez's successful campaign to attract foreign investment and reduce inflation, now fret about high interest rates and a growing trade deficit...
...matter what happens this week in Lausanne, the elephant will still be in some peril. Even if the ivory trade winds down, the elephant will face increasing encroachment from Africa's fast-growing human populations. African farmers or herdsmen trying to eke out a living covet the vast habitats set aside for animals and cannot understand why scarce financial resources go to protect elephants while people go hungry. To many Africans, the elephant is a five-ton nuisance that can trample a season's maize in seconds. As long as they feel that way, they will turn a blind...
...exporters, who have come to rely on foreign sales of their shows, assailed the new rule. "The European Community today took a step backward in time," complained Jack Valenti, president of the Motion Picture Association of America. "They said no to competition and viewer choice and yes to trade barriers." In Congress, some even called for retaliatory measures...