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...position that any new Western missiles would disrupt the nuclear balance that it insists already exists in Europe. A top Soviet official told TIME last spring that he expected suspension of the arms talks if there was no progress in Geneva, but refused to say how long such a walkout might last. Similarly, Western defense experts believe that the Soviets are developing a sea-launched cruise missile and are planning to replace older missiles in Eastern Europe with newer, short-range...
...possible confrontation (El Salvador, Lebanon) are quite small compared with those of ten or 20 years ago (Viet Nam, Cuba). One top official, watching the angry Shultz-Gromyko meeting in Madrid after the airliner was shot down, saw all the elements of a classic diplomatic explosion and instant walkout. Yet something kept the two men talking. They feared for their images. In this skirmish, Gromyko faltered. He suggested to the world that his government would do it again, and the shock waves were visible on the faces of the world's reporters. They, in turn, conveyed their dismay...
Continental's pilots hit back late last week by striking the carrier. The pilots' strike could stop the New Continental from staying airborne, but there were signs that the airline might have enough pilots to keep flying despite the walkout. A Continental spokesman said only 350 pilots were needed to keep the down-scaled airline going. Declared Lorenzo after the pilots said they would strike: "Continental has more than enough pilots and flight attendants to sustain its operating level and increased service." He said that starting this week the airline actually would increase its domestic flights...
Colonial Manor Nursing Home last July faced a strike by its 45 union employees. To maintain care for its 80 to 100 patients, the Ohio facility spent some $15,000 to recruit, hire and train a new staff to start when the walkout began. But on the appointed day, everyone, new and old, showed up for work. Colonial was so furious that it has slapped a $3 million suit against the Service Employees International Union for failing to carry out its strike threat. "When you think you have a wrong committed against you, you're entitled...
...option at all. The Soviets by now have good reason to conclude that deployment will indeed take place. Yet far from positioning themselves in a way that would allow them to compromise at the last minute in INF, they have continued to drop dark hints of a walkout and a buildup...