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...secretary on the defense staff when Prime Minister Tage Erlander noticed him and opened the road to politics. He was named secretary to the government in 1954 and gained ministerial rank in 1963, the youngest man to do so in Europe at the time...
...RADICAL, UNBENDING posture of the union will serve as a model for rank-and-file resiliency in the future if it proves successful. In recent years, the demands of many unions have been stifled by Reagan-backed federal actions, as in the case of a much-publicized air traffic controller's strike four years ago. And Ironically, the unions have also stifled themselves. In many cases today, they accept concessions in the form of employees stock ownership plans, workplace democracy schemes and worker participation on management boards. But while these plans are progressive, they usually come at the expense...
...Fortune, an almost comically unassuming game show, is the highest-rated syndicated series in television history. Or that the venerable game-show genre has suddenly hit the jackpot once again. Following the No. 1-rated Wheel of Fortune, two more games, Jeopardy! and The New Newlywed Game, currently rank in the top five on A.C. Nielsen's list of the most-watched syndicated shows (those sold directly to local stations by independent syndicators rather than distributed through the networks). In addition to the ten games aired weekdays by the three networks, at least 15 game shows are currently running...
...Bakker (pronounced baker), 46, is the boyish-faced Pentecostal proprietor of the PTL (for People That Love or Praise the Lord) Network in Charlotte, N.C. The network ranks second to Robertson's CBN in Christian cable (13 million households, 24 hours, all religion). The featured offering is the daily Jim and Tammy show, a variety-and-talk program with Bakker and his wife as hosts on an opulent, hacienda-style set with orchestra, singers and live audience. Bakker's receipts exceed $100 million a year. Much of the money is eaten up by his Heritage USA theme park, opened...
Late last week the game of tit for tat continued. After the French government politely gave four Soviets the heave-ho for spying on a French submarine base in Brittany, Moscow swiftly retaliated by expelling four French diplomats of equivalent rank. For good measure, the Soviets have also ordered the expulsion of two Italians, apparently in retaliation for the quiet ejection of two Soviets who left Rome last week. The Soviet actions seemed a confirmation that Soviet policy has hardened under Mikhail Gorbachev. Indeed, Western diplomats in Moscow suggested last week that the Kremlin's tough line...