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According to an official in the Dodger organization, those are all the names being thrown around at this time. If however, the Dodgers refuse to surrender Hatcher, two things could happen...

Author: By Bruce Schoenfeld, | Title: Counting Eggs | 10/23/1980 | See Source »

...list of Commoner supporters is a good cross section of American progressivism; William Winpisinger, head of the Machinists Union, for example, represents true trade unionism in a year when the Teamsters have thrown their weight behind Ronald Reagan. And Commoner's running mate, LaDonna Harris, is a gifted representative both of American women and American minorities. In short, the Citizens' Party represents an enlightened future...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Voting For What You Believe In | 10/23/1980 | See Source »

...beat them, get them thrown out of the game. That seems to be the strategy adopted by the United Auto Workers against Japanese companies that this year have wrested away 21.5% of the U.S. car market. With 215,000 of its 1.1 million members out of work, the U.A.W. is pushing hard for new quotas and tariff barriers to block imports. At the same time, the union has mounted a nationwide campaign that pressures both the public and the politicians who control government purse strings to pass up fuel-thrifty Japanese models and buy American...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Tiffs on Trade | 10/20/1980 | See Source »

...left of course, the scraggly mustachioed Rookie of the Year from French Lick, Ind., via Indiana State, at forward, please welcome Larry Bird. Crowd roar. This is the man who will revolutionize hoop by taking it back to its roots, reminding people of the beauty of a well thrown pass, making them recall that a 15-footer is more valuable than a Lloyd Free throw...

Author: By William E. Mckibben, | Title: Departures and Arrivals | 10/10/1980 | See Source »

Rowlands does a creditable job, considering the vacuum she's thrown into; throughout, she evinces talent and intelligence, if only by looking trapped. It only makes it worse that what she's trapped by is her husband. For if Cassavetes can blame his failure on his rotten actors (excepting Rowlands), so can they blame the film's failure on Cassavetes. Without actors, Cassavetes is thrown back upon his own technical resources, and he hasn't a leg to stand on. Camera work is repetitive and unimaginative. When he wants to evoke an urban mood, he gives us mass transit; there...

Author: By Paul A. Attanasio, | Title: Sic Transit Gloria | 10/10/1980 | See Source »

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