Word: elections
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...strike leader at the Lenin Shipyard during the 1970 food price riots. Fired for his attempts at labor organizing in 1976, he found work in a machine repair shop and helped found the underground Baltic Free Trade Unions Movement. He was sent as a delegate to the official union elections in 1979, but was outraged to find the local party secretary controlling the vote. "Why have I come here, to elect or to applaud?" he demanded. The answer: an unceremonious sacking...
...spent much time posing for the portrait-bearing gold medal they get as an Inaugural gift. But Ronald Reagan not only agreed to three sittings, he had a life mask made. Only Abe Lincoln, whose likeness was sculpted in 1860, had been so masochistic. For 20 minutes the President-elect sat motionless, slathered crown to collarbone with silicone goop, straws jutting from his ears and nostrils. After the 20-minute ordeal, Sculptor Edward Fraughton pronounced him a model model: "He's used to being made up." But not quite so heavily. "Boys," cracked Reagan, "there's one take...
...will beat inflation by boosting productivity and business output. They argue that the U.S.'s economic ills have been caused primarily by excessive taxes, which have removed the incentive of individuals and companies to work harder producing goods and services. Board Member Greenspan, a close adviser to President-elect Reagan, argued that the program must be put in place quickly if the public is to believe that the new Administration is really serious about stopping the price spiral...
...asking for more in expectation of still higher inflation. Said Economist Eckstein: "The scientific evidence suggests that the only thing that improves inflation expectations is actual experience, and the experience in 1981 is just not going to be all that marvelous." Added Heller: "I hope and pray that President-elect Reagan can lower inflationary expectations, but the prospects do not look very good. The fact is that tax cuts go against the public's conception of an anti-inflation strategy...
Familiarity breeds nicknames, so it stands to reason that the more we get to know President-elect Ronald Reagan, the more likely we are to call him by any other name. But which one? Mr. Reagan calls Mrs. Reagan "Mommie," and she him "Ronnie." According to the New York Times, Mr. Reagan's tailor, Frank Mariani, also calls him Ronnie ("Ronnie is rather conservative"). Should we too call him Ronnie? Or should we call...