Word: hits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...This will force Chrysler and the United Auto Workers to renegotiate the contract that they concluded in November. Said Senator William Roth, the Delaware Republican: "Our proposal would have to be ratified by the workers. Ultimately, it is up to them." White collar employees will also be hit; their wage packages are to be trimmed by $125 million...
...down. Unemployment, which dropped slightly last month to 5.8%, is expected to rise to 7.7% by the final quarter of 1980. That will be not nearly as severe as the recent peak of 9% in May 1975. Most board members agree that unemployment will hit a high around Election Day in November, which will hurt Jimmy Carter, and that the jobless rate again will start declining as the economy picks up at year's end. However, one member, Consultant David Grove, who has long been pessimistic about the job situation, predicts that the worst will come in the second...
...black nationalist rebels of Zimbabwe Rhodesia have come a long way to a ceasefire. In the early days of the war, when they crossed the Zambezi River in dugout canoes carrying rusting shotguns and hunting rifles to make hit-and-run attacks on isolated farms, a white Rhodesian officer dismissed them as "a bunch of bloody garden boys." Such sarcastic putdowns no longer apply. The Soviet-and Chinese-trained "freedom fighters " of the Patriotic Front have been forged into an efficient guerrilla force. Despite their edge in air power, some of Zimbabwe Rhodesia's white-led array units have...
...couple are about the rest of her body. Sitting down, she notices that her upper arm is still moving when the rest of her has stopped. She jiggles it and -incredible sight-her thighs, legs and neck too. "Isn't it terrible," she sighs, "that when you hit 30, your body wants a life...
There is no need to venture to lands and cities of ancient civilizations in order to indulge in an archaeological dig. Broadway will suffice. For the past three or four years, month has scarcely followed month without the unearthing of some hit play or musical of the past. Some fare well; some do badly. The chances are that Oklahoma!, at Broadway's Palace Theater, will be a hit. Its endearing score is in destructible, and the new production is finely cast and admirably polished...