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...reaction from Greece's labor leaders was angry and swift, as protest marches and demonstrations erupted across the country. More than 20 unions called tens of thousands of workers out on a 24-hour strike, closing government offices, private industry, shops, schools, hospitals, banks and airports. The action even took taxis off the streets. It was the start of a series of work stoppages that continued through the week. Headlined Avgi, Athens' Eurocommunist daily: THE COUNTRY PARALYZED...
...after New York, Tango will make an extensive North American tour. The dancers want the whole world to love those crazy steps. "The tango is the star of the show," asserts Elvira Santa Marķa, 56. "We've come to prevent it from dying." Judging from audiences' ecstatic reaction to those furious feet, it will have a long, if strenuous, life. --By Gerald Clarke. Reported by Elaine Dutka/New York
...understand Egypt's wounded reaction to the U.S.'s diversion of its plane carrying the Achille Lauro hijackers. If Egypt were a true friend of the U.S.'s, it would not have been so quick to release the killers of an American into the "custody" of their P.L.O. comrades. Kenneth Gold Philadelphia...
...during rehearsal last week, the rest of the orchestra burst into applause. What provoked the collegial accolade was a daring cadenza for ten instruments playing as one, a high-wire act that is one of the emotional peaks of Zwilich's aptly subtitled 'Cello Symphony. The musicians' reaction was not surprising: Zwilich, 46, who in 1983 became the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for music, has for some time been regarded by fellow professionals as an important contemporary composer. Now audiences are catching...
...poll results underscore a remarkable anomaly in the public's reaction to Reagan, whose lusty 62% positive job-performance rating remains near its historic high. Even though the national economy has just completed three years of expansion, only 27% of respondents believe they are better off economically under Reagan, while 28% think their economic situation has deteriorated. Concern over the swollen federal deficit and U.S. economic health continue to rank first and second among problems facing the country, well ahead of the arms race and the threat of nuclear war. Yet, despite their reservations about the President's hawkish summit...