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...Chevy II is intended to compete not with Ford's intermediate Fairlane. which is roughly the size of a 1949 sedan, but with Ford's best-selling Falcon compact. In a market where companies almost invariably try to blanket their competitors' offerings, this leaves a gap in Chevy's line, but Chevrolet General Manager Edward Cole defends his strategy by saying that the cheapest big Chevy, the Biscayne. will be competition enough for the Fairlane. Though a lower, horizontally barred grille and a squared-off rear deck give them a more massive look, Chevy...
...side altar of Hyannis' St. Francis Xavier Church, the Rev. John F. Keough, a visiting priest from Ireland's County Cork, found himself without an altar boy. Leaving his wife and seven children in their pew, an overage volunteer quickly moved in to fill the gap. Not until the congregation had departed did Father Keough learn that his self-appointed assistant had been U.S. Attorney General (and ex-acolyte) Robert F. Kennedy...
...stabilizing world market prices of the commodities on which many Latin American economies depend. It encourages setting up common markets to spur exports and thus production. It demands effective social reforms such as land reform and graduated income taxes that would help to narrow the all-too-wide gap between the indifferent rich and the suffering poor...
...mailing costs are up. Thus high circulation can be too much of a good thing, when ad revenue fails to keep pace. "Advertising rates are not high enough," admits McCall's Publisher A. Edward Miller, but he hopes for a burst of additional ads to close the gap. Even if he gets it, insiders predict that the magazine will not be showing a decent profit for years...
...businessmen of the handful of general ethical principles which are the foundation of Judeo-Christian civilization. But between these general principles (such as 'Thou shalt not steal') and the concrete problems of the businessman (such as whether or not price-fixing is stealing from customers), a wide gap appears...