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...employers have apparently proved that union brinkmanship does not always work. For the past two years N.U.M. has used the strike weapon to gain last-minute increases from the mining companies. But the Chamber was bent on demonstrating that salary hikes can be achieved only at the bargaining table. Over the past ten years, the Chamber said, the pay of black mineworkers has gone up 85% after inflation (to an average of $320 a month, not including room and board). The union contended that its members earn an average of only $170 a month. "Employers learned that the union...
Mfanasibili went to bizarre lengths to maintain his position. In 1983, while the youthful Prince Makhosetive was attending a private school in Dorset, England (where he was known to classmates as "Mac"), Mfanasibili charged that several members of the royal house had plotted to assassinate their future King. The weapon of choice, according to Mfanasibili, was a witch doctor, who was sent to England to hunt down the prince and poison him. As a result of Mfanasibili's charges, several princes loyal to the ousted Queen regent were detained without trial, as were a handful of ranking Swazi officials, including...
Treaties such as SALT have only imposed ceilings on increases in the superpower nuclear arsenals. Proposals for intermediate-range nuclear forces (INF) currently on the table would eliminate an entire class of weapon systems, primarily the American Pershing IIs and the Soviet SS-20s concentrated in Central Europe. And we would be getting a bargain in the process, Administration officials argue, because the SS-20s outnumber our Pershings by more than five to one. Both Reagan and supporters of nuclear disarmament welcome an INF treaty with the Soviets...
...tell not just the players but the game. Take the furor over Israel's Jericho II missile. Ever since the existence of the medium-range missile made headlines last month following a report in the Geneva-based journal International Defense Review, Moscow has been warning that the new weapon is an ominous escalation of the nuclear arms race. The Jericho II "is a direct challenge to the Soviet Union," claimed Radio Moscow in its Hebrew- language broadcast. Responding to reports that an advanced version of the Jericho II might have a range of 900 miles, the announcer added, "Israel...
...pursue overtures toward Israel. Thus he has recently sold to Syria at least one squadron of MiG-29s, the Soviet equivalent of Israel's American-made F-16 jet fighters, but refuses to supply Damascus with sophisticated SS-23 land missiles. The disclosure that Israel possesses a comparable weapon has forced Gorbachev to denounce the missile in order to curry favor with Arab nations...