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...more likely outcome, they say, is that cities will indeed be forced to make massive layoffs and cutbacks; only in the wake of those actions will public opinion wrest relief or reform from Beacon Hill...
There were somber reminders, however, that Poland's workers could not expect to wrest many more concessions from the government and the party. In a front-page editorial, the official party daily Trybuna Ludu warned that "the new year will not greet us with prosperity; the decisions to be made will not be accepted by everyone with equal satisfaction." Even New Year's Eve, in fact, was celebrated with unusual sobriety-and without live music. Demanding overtime, the country's pop musicians refused to perform at state-run restaurants and nightclubs...
...impressed was Richard Schultz Schweiker when Ronald Reagan asked him to be his vice-presidential running mate in 1976 that the Pennsylvania Senator saved and later framed the airline ticket that brought him to California for their momentous meeting. Reagan's attempt to wrest the party's presidential nomination from Gerald Ford by prematurely naming the liberal Schweiker to his ticket failed, of course, but it left an indelible mark on Schweiker. Since then he has grown steadily more conservative. Now Reagan has given Schweiker, 54, a chance to turn philosophy into policy by naming him Secretary...
That feeling helped the birth in 1977 of the League for the Advancement of States' Equal Rights (LASER), the main force behind what is known as the Sagebrush Rebellion. Led mostly by local government officials, state lawmakers and ranchers, the Sagebrush movement is attempting to wrest control of as much as 400 million acres of the land now owned by the Federal Government. Several states, including Utah, Arizona and Wyoming, have passed resolutions laying claim to their federal land, and Nevada is planning to sue the Department of Interior and the Bureau of Land Management to win the rights...
...moderate parliamentary leadership and an increasingly radical rank and file. Last week's conference proved no exception. Headed by Tony Benn, 55, a former viscount who renounced his title in 1963 in order to remain in the House of Commons, the left arrived in Blackpool determined to wrest control of the party from its leaders. In particular, the militants aimed at three longtime objectives: 1) the right to draft the party's policy manifesto, which is far more binding than a U.S. party platform; 2) closer control over M.P.s by their "constituency parties," or local committees...