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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...other black employees of nearby paper and tire factories. The walkout, which continues, stems from no ordinary labor-management dispute. Ford, whose 5,000 employees in South Africa include 1,200 blacks, has been a leader in introducing nondiscriminatory policies like those prescribed in the corporate code of conduct drawn up by U.S. Civil Rights Leader Leon Sullivan. Ford was among the first firms to recognize black unions. Black anti-apartheid organizers have warned that the strike is the first shot in a new offensive against the white-ruled state. The target: multinational firms that do business in the country...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: Strike Tactic | 12/17/1979 | See Source »

Although their actions flout every rule of international conduct accepted in the West, the Iranian students are not unmotivated anarchists but impassioned believers. If we expect to protect our interests from similar fanatics, we must spend some of our billions on educating our leaders and ourselves about them--otherwise, our presidents won't know how to use the brand-new quick-strike force without getting burned. A mechanized division can be surprised as easily as an embassy garrison when its leaders don't understand the opposition...

Author: By Scott A. Rosenberg, | Title: The Force Be With You | 12/13/1979 | See Source »

...been active politically in recent years, was once a U.S. Attorney, and won a conviction in 1959 against Mobster Vito Genovese on a narcotics conspiracy charge. In 1954 he helped convict Frank Costello, then the so-called prime minister of the underworld, of income tax evasion. Christy promised to conduct his investigation "as expeditiously as possible." As before, the President was standing by his aide, who has denied the allega- tions. During the probe, Jordan will stay on as Carter's Chief of Staff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Coke Probe | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

Phnom-Penh's business district can hardly be said to conduct any business at all. The little ateliers where workmen hammered tin, ingenious mechanics kept cars and trucks running with paper clips and baling wire, and rows of women bent over sewing machines have all been destroyed or closed. Until 1975 the Ruseokeo textile plant on the outskirts of the city employed 600 workers making cotton cloth. With help from OXFAM, the Oxford-based relief agency, it has since reopened, but only half of its looms are being used. Reason: a lack of spare parts for the steam boiler...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CAMBODIA: There Is Nothing, Monsieur | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

...billion-a-year Gulf & Western Industries, is a tough, autonomous type, well known for his flamboyant and freewheeling manner. Last week, in a 60-page civil suit, the Securities and Exchange Commission charged G &W, Board Chairman Bluhdorn and Executive Vice President Don F. Gaston with "fraudulent courses of conduct...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Suing Bluhdorn | 12/10/1979 | See Source »

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