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...past election, and many more are doing so now. Then, under a socialist government, they have suffered oppressive taxation and cuts in their living standards, and they have seen their unions become part of government. It's under the Conservatives that they will be better off and regain their independence. The question to be answered by the union leaders is: Will they accept the people's verdict in an election, or will they make a mockery of democracy? Are they really saying that it is impossible to be a socialist and a democrat at the same time...
...know about this!" But her doctor-writer friend Michael Crichton (The Andromeda Strain), author of the screenplay and the director, cajoled her into accepting the part. Bujold plays a surgical resident in a large Boston hospital who wonders why certain patients never regain consciousness after routine operations-and unravels a diabolical traffic in human organs. To inject as much realism as possible into the film, Director Crichton used live actors for the bodies. He could only keep them dangling from wires for a few minutes, which was just fine with Bujold. Says she: "It kept things from getting too eerie...
...Nixon supporter. Nixon had commuted Hoffa's 13-year prison sentence for jury tampering and mail fraud in December 1971, with the proviso that he have nothing to do with running the union until March 1980, when his sentence would have expired. But Hoffa persisted in trying to regain his old power in the union. On July 30, 1975, he vanished from outside Detroit and was presumably executed by the underworld...
...population is overaged and shrinking. It's just prudent business that if you have a market, your production should follow." With that argument, Volkswagen's boss, Toni Schmucker, persuaded German unions and political leaders that an American plant was vital if his company were to regain its traditional substantial share of the U.S. market. Volkswagen will invest $200 million in a Pennsylvania assembly plant that will begin turning out the popular Rabbit model...
...took Watson until the 15th hole to regain a tie when he scored a two on the 109-yard hole. He putted from off of the green as the ball careened along for 60 feet, hit the flagstick, quivered, and dove into...