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...symbolic gesture marked the third anniversary of the founding of the now outlawed independent trade union Solidarity. It was also part of the most spirited public protests since the government put an end to 19 months of martial law. The turbulence was initially triggered by the appearance of Deputy Premier Miecyzslaw Rakowski before 700 shipworkers in Gdansk. His address was interrupted by heckling; it was followed by a speech in which Walesa boldly rebuked the government. When the authorities decided to broadcast the incident on national television, thousands of sympathizers around the country took to the streets. Walesa and other...
Browne is among the premier singer-songwriters of his generation. But that was the '70s, and the world is a few months shy of the most dreaded year of the '80s. Browne is ready for it. Lawyers in Love is full of dark Orwellian visions, leavened by some bright comic asides and lightened by some of Browne's most danceable music. The author concedes that the title track is "pretty sarcastic and maybe a little haughty," but its weirdly resonant images ("I hear the U.S.S.R. will be open soon/ As vacationland for lawyers in love") give...
...platform. A big problem for Watson is the reduction from three to two of the number of divers countries can send in each event a move forced by smaller countries tired of seeing sweeps by the U.S. and other dominant teams. Another problem is Greg Louganis, the world's premier diver, who will surely grab an Olympic berth in any event lie enters...
...China that publication of Deng's thought is a step toward the creation of a Mao-like personality cult. That would be out of character for the diminutive Deng, 79, who prefers wielding power behind the scenes and has already twice rejected the top-ranking official title of Premier...
...should management react when a man and a woman, both competent and successful executives with the firm, fall in love? The answer is interesting enough, but so too is who is asking the question: the September/October issue of the Harvard Business Review, the premier American journal of management. Sandwiched between an article titled "Product Defects and Productivity" and one on "Cutting Down the Guesswork in R & D" is a piece on how to handle love and sex in the executive suite...