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...make up for higher labor and other costs but mostly covered new safety features. The two-door Ford Fairlane, for instance, was priced at $2,239.81 for 1966. To this, $23.50 is added for "product improvement," meaning dual brakes, collapsible steering shaft, safety door latches, improved suspension, breakaway rearview mirror. Safety features that were optional on the '66 Fairlane now become standard at a cost of $70.46. They include a nonglare mirror ($16.86), retractable seat belts ($14.53), uniform-pressure tires ($7.90), padded pillars ($18.22) and two-speed windshield washers and wipers ($12.95). The total addition of $93.96 brings...
Keith Hutchinsch sent the Crimson out to their usual early lead on a setup from Marty Cain behind the net. Hutchinson tallied on a breakaway with about a minute left in the period to put Harvard out in front. 2-0, and set the stage for the team's usual second period lapse...
...Modicum of Courage. Eastern Europe's breakaway from Russian rule began in 1956, when Nikita Khrushchev denounced Stalin at the Soviet 20th Party Congress in his seven-hour "secret speech." By cracking the icon of invincibility that had held Russia in thrall, Khrushchev also unlocked-unwittingly-the forces of Eastern European nationalism. Says one Washington observer: "Nationalism is the strongest force in Eastern Europe today, stronger than ideology, stronger than the Communist parties themselves." Columbia's Kremlinologist Zbigniew Brzezinski puts it flatly: "East Europe is where the dream of Communist internationalism lies buried...
Chuck Wiggin opened the scoring in the first period by batting in the second rebound of Kim Prince's breakaway attempt. Tony Parker's tip-in of a 40-footer by Jamie Nevin gave Eliot a 2-0 lead at the end of the first period...
...about 150 chanting "We're number one" after every Eliot goal, Karl Rosenberger defected Woe Simmons' blue-line shot past the surprised Yale goalie for the only score of the second period. Eliot goalie "Itek" Etcheverry prevented the Elis from closing the gap with two sprawling saves on breakaway attempts...