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Ford's fix-it-yourself approach reflects an effort by Detroit to turn out cars that can be adjusted easily by the ordinary driver. The trend began with the introduction of two small, easily fixable models-Ford's Maverick and American Motors' Gremlin. As the automakers bring out new small cars, it is continuing. On Sept. 10, General Motors will introduce its subcompact, the Vega, and executives are boasting about how easy it is to repair. Says one: "Just five screws hold Vega's grille in place. It can be removed in less than ten minutes...
...hapless Verona policeman once ticketed a misparked car belonging to hot-tempered Diva Maria Callas. His action touched off a string of unearthly trills and cadenzas. The soprano was fined for only a traffic violation, but Opera Manager Alberto Tantini was able to fix things with Police Chief Aldo Ballarini. A third gentleman of Verona, the magistrate, saw it all quite differently. He initiated a new charge against Callas of insulting a public official and even escalated the affair by accusing Tantini and Ballarini of bearing false witness and failing to report a misdemeanor. All that happened back...
Diplomatic Defensive. Such objections indicate the extent to which Nasser's action has put Israel-and the U.S. -on the diplomatic defensive. The U.S. is in something of a fix because it must now coax Israel to the peace table or be branded hypocritical for suggesting negotiations and then failing to deliver its client...
...bills permit separately owned but jointly produced papers to pool profits and fix joint advertising rates that are not necessarily based on costs. The measures not only legalize the existing combined operations of 44 dailies in 22 cities (including St. Louis, San Francisco and Pittsburgh), but clear the way for most future arrangements of the same kind. There is no longer any legal dispute over rival papers sharing printing plants and advertising staffs. But publishers argue that without special antitrust exemption, some papers will succumb to rising production and labor costs, thus reducing the variety of editorial voices. The "newspaper...
...problem with slouching? Nathan H. Arzin told the audience he has a mechanical way to fix...