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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Ironically, aerospace experts said, both sides in the dispute could use a breathing spell. The company needs to perform plant maintenance and restock parts for the assembly lines, and the machinists want to relax after a long stint of forced overtime -- as much as 200 hours a quarter in many cases...
...talks have been scheduled on ending the walkout. The machinists can fall back on their $90 million strike fund, but Boeing is under pressure to deliver 94 more jet airliners before year-end. In the interim, Boeing intends to use supervisors and nonunion personnel to put the final touches on dozens of jets that stand virtually completed at its assembly plants in Renton and Everett, Wash. The company pledges to observe strict safety standards. But the Federal Aviation Administration, taking no chances, announced last week that it would "significantly expand" its inspections of the company's assembly lines to ensure...
...another thing, the animal-rights movement, having attacked the fashion industry for its use of real animal skins, has, in part, boosted the new fad by encouraging designers to play with the unreal thing in their lines. Designer Christian Lacroix's fringed panther-print polymid shawl ($470) is hot stuff. Patrick Kelly has scored with skinny dresses in leopard stretch velvet ($340), and even purist Giorgio Armani uses mock lynx for a duffle coat in the Emporio Armani line ($685). After dark, the more the merrier seems to be the rule. Says Annie Allanche, a manager at Paris' Irie boutique...
...same time, the experts called for increased prenatal care for poor women and for drug and alcohol abusers. These women have a much greater chance of giving birth prematurely, and their infants often suffer from low birth weight and other difficulties. The shift in emphasis is "an attempt to use scarce health dollars more efficiently," says Rosen. The report could influence private insurers and government programs to alter reimbursement policies for pre-natal care...
...roofing job in nearby Ochtrup. He finds the money much better than his old pay -- 18 West German marks ($9.50) an hour, vs. 5.4 East German marks ($2.85 at the official exchange rate). "The materials, equipment and technology are as different as night and day," says Olaf. "Here you use cranes and power drills. There, muscle, hammer and chisel...