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Bordinat also sees the '67s as "Italianesque." Maybe like Sophia? No, like Ferrari. Many of them will also look considerably like the Mustang-the one car of the 1960s that dared to be different and, as a result, helped Ford to close its sales gap with the rival Chevrolet Division to a 1.2% difference in market penetration...
...third, the current political style does not encourage anti-University harangues for their own sake. John F. Kennedy is cited as one man who bridged the University-City gap and made it less respectable to criticize one at the expense of the other. "As the educational institutions have grown," observes one long-time official, "politicians have read the hand-writing on the wall: they know that the institutions are becoming generally more influential...
...ounces (later three ounces; then possibly less than half an ounce) of marijuana in his car. The Ed School adopts almost all the proposals its faculty committee put forward in September. An expedition co-sponsored by the Peabody Museum discovers two 10,000-year-old Indian huts in Hell Gap, Wyo. They are the oldest known houses in the Western hemisphere...
...their second rendezvous, the astronauts maneuvered to a point 13 miles below and behind the ATDA, then again effortlessly closed the gap, using only an on-board computer and a handheld sextant. Next, to simulate an emergency rendezvous during the actual Apollo moon flight, they moved Gemini eight miles above and 86 miles ahead of the ATDA, then attempted to close in again with the aid of ground controllers. This time they ran into trouble-losing sight of the ATDA against the confusing background of the earth below, consuming eleven hours and 30 extra pounds of fuel before accomplishing...
...capitalistic competition amused the Communists, but they could understand it. The East bloc is at least five years behind the West in computer technology and, until the gap is closed, intends to order equipment from the West. Czechoslovakia alone has earmarked $145 million for computer purchases...