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...Baltic seaport of Gdansk, sirens wailed to signal the start of a four-hour "warning strike" that interrupted public transport and shut down more than 800 plants. In Warsaw, red-and-white Polish flags fluttered defiantly over idle buses and streetcars as drivers joined workers from some 60 local factories and offices in a related half-day stoppage. On the outskirts of Bydgoszcz, 140 miles northwest of the capital, police turned back columns of angry tractor drivers who were seeking to stage a demonstration in the middle of the town. The snowballing protest climaxed on Saturday, when millions of workers...
...Salvador pending the outcome of an investigation by a Salvadoran commission into the murders of four American missionaries last month. Despite the lack of evidence that any investigation was even going forward, Washington moved swiftly to resume $5 million in nonlethal matériel-jeeps, trucks and transport helicopters, with U.S. technicians to maintain them...
...independence elections that were held last February, his party had only been included in the government by invitation. Nor was that invitation completely withdrawn last week. Still anxious to mollify the Patriotic Front forces, the Prime Minister appointed a Nkomo stalwart, Josiah Chinamano, to head the Ministry of Transport. The Patriotic Front now holds five portfolios in Mugabe's 26-member Cabinet-not a bad deal for an outvoted minority...
...inaccessibility of a toilet; Renata Adler's Brownstone, tartly amusing observations from a Manhattan building; and Woody Allen's brilliantly executed The Kugelmass Episode. In search of a love affair, an unhappily married humanities professor from City College hooks up with a magician with the power to transport people into the novel of their choice. Professor Kugelmass chooses Madame Bovary and makes repeated visits to Yonville for trysts with Emma. The miracle has side effects. Notes one scholar after rereading Flaubert's masterpiece: "I cannot get my mind around this. First a strange character named Kugelmass...
...FSLN has consolidated firm control over government, armed forces, and mass organizations. The size, discipline and morale of regular army and militia units are impressive. Their newly acquired transport and communications equipment would make them serious contenders in any regional conflict...