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...country's 200 pits and cut 20,000 workers from the industry payroll of 180,000. The strike has cost an estimated $2.6 billion in lost production and has contributed to the decline of the British pound (at one point this month, its value in U.S. dollars sank to an alltime low of $1.29, compared with $1.50 a year ago). About 140,000 miners are on the picket lines, but another 40,000 continue to work, a situation that has led to many ugly incidents. Televised scenes of bloody confrontations between police and miners have deeply unsettled a British...
...week, Bombeck got up at 5 each morning to write her column and by 9 was at a desk at Universal City Studios writing TV scripts. Bombeck never quite learned to love speaking show biz-"That line doesn't work for me, sweetie" and "Trust me"-and Maggie sank without a trace after eight episodes. The lines were funny but somehow the show wasn't. One critic suggested that what was needed was Bombeck herself in front of the camera...
...other American team, the U.S. Rowing from Philadelphia, however, failed to finish the race as their boat sank in the first beat "The boats are designed for really light people," said crew member Justin Kermond 84, adding. "We were lightweight but still significantly heavier than most of the other crews there...
...beside the young boy's name and a bouquet of red and white carnations by that of the ship. Only then did Polish Captain Jan Sauer talk about how he and his schooner Zawisza Czarny rescued the survivors of the ill-fated Marques, the stately square-rigger that sank near Bermuda last week killing 17 sailors and trainees, their captain, Stuart Finlay, 42, and his 18-month-old son Christopher...
...bank stocks. Hardest hit was Manufacturers Hanover, which lost 3% points, or nearly 11% of its value, in a single day of trading. A sharp slump in bank issues helped drive the Dow Jones industrial average to 1103.43, its lowest level in 15 months. In bond trading, prices also sank. Elsewhere, sell-offs rocked the London Stock Exchange, and the high-flying U.S. dollar went into a steep tailspin...