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...securities, have already done more than their share. Nonetheless, in the new round of bargaining now beginning, the city will be following Horton's advice at least part way by seeking $24 million in efficiency savings. Says Kummerfeld: "We are putting demands on the table that are very stiff...
What to do about the problem welds? The original requirements for inspection of all welds were unusually stiff. Normally, only 20% of joints are required to be inspected, even in natural gas lines that run through populated areas. But the Ford Administration would find it hard to modify its standards, however tough, in an election year in which environmentalists are vociferous. Relaxing the Alaska pipeline standards, one Interior official concedes, "would be tough. Interior held forth to Congress, to God and everybody that we'd stick with those stipulations...
Beguiling Blonde. At the outset of his reign, Juan Carlos' somewhat stiff public countenance led many Spaniards to think that he might not be the right man for their chief of state. But in three excursions to Catalonia, Andalusia and Asturias, he sparked rousing receptions and warmed to the affection of the crowds. Juan Carlos is helped immeasurably by beguiling blonde Queen Sofia, 37, who along with her royal demeanor has also shown surprising political skill. In the Catalan town of Manresa, Sofia dismissed the royal automobiles and led the King on a flesh-pressing 300-yard march...
...current experience is any guide, the nation can expect labor peace -at a stiff price. Last month Usery produced a settlement that ended a Teamsters strike after only two days but will oblige trucking companies to raise drivers' wages and benefits by nearly 33% over three years. His next job will be to settle the month-old walkout of rubber workers (negotiations resume this week) before shortages of tires begin closing down auto plants. After that come tricky negotiations in the construction, electrical and auto industries...
...theme seems to be none too funny comedy masquerading under the claim "isn't this surrealistic." Bunuel's new surrealism has none of the acid critical touch that characterized his earlier films like Viridiana or Belle de Jour. The same obsessive themes appear--bizarre sexual fetishes, anti-clericalism, absurdly stiff social rituals--without being integrated into any larger perspective. Phantom of Liberty is even worse. When we are shown aunt-nephew incest side by side with sadomasochistic monks and nuns in a French country inn, or when we see an elaborate fantasy in which people at a formal dinner...