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Kennedy's toughest chore, if he intends to keep watch over wages and prices, is apt to come not with major unions but with the tangle of small and militant locals in the construction industry. Last week a strike of construction workers -and a likely lockout by employers - was threatening to paralyze building in Northern California. The locals involved demanded that their current hourly base wage ($3.23 to $3.47) be increased by a phenomenal $1.15 an hour over three years. Management offered 33?, and neither side was budging...
Only last fall the Agriculture Department condemned the potato to the ignominious chore of feeding livestock in order to reduce a heavy surplus. Then a disappointing European harvest started an unexpected flow of U.S. potatoes abroad...
...happily into a viselike seat -and often finds himself neatly positioned behind a post. Last week it seemed at last that the long-suffering spectator might be getting a break: around the major leagues were sprouting new stadiums designed to make watching more of a pleasure, less of a chore...
...such men, Kennedy seems to be less interested in a bill's substance than in a label that appeals to voting blocs, such as the aged on medical care. More than one loyal Democrat is complaining that in his fascination for political maneuvering, Kennedy is neglecting the fundamental chore of giving active leadership to the Democrats on the hill. Even House Speaker John McCormack has repeatedly had to ask the President for guidance on just what he really wanted-or would settle...
Since the Guinnesses keep moving from one house to another through the year, they found that packing and unpacking could become quite a chore. Loel Guinness hates luggage anyway, so the two keep complete wardrobes at the ready in each of their homes. Thus they need travel with nothing more than the clothing on their backs ("You don't have to waste time in customs, and you don't have to declare anything. It's wonderful!") and, of course, their constant retinue-two chefs, kitchen maid, personal maid, valet and three chambermaids-who can lug any last...