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...nation, Secretary of Labor George Shultz said last week, cannot stand for a coast-to-coast rail shutdown. Over the weekend, the U.S. came within an inch of just that disaster, and the threat, though momentarily averted, remains...
...change in advertising emphasis was even more pronounced for Buick's new models. Last September, ads for the Skylark GS 455 and the Skylark Custom Sports Coupe were headlined: "Introducing automobiles to light your fire." The copy stressed such performance features as "a 455-cubic inch 360-horsepower engine with a high-lift cam and four-barrel carburetor which breathes through real air scoops." By January, ads for the Skylark were headlined "Something to Believe In," and the copy noted such features as hidden windshield wipers and six coats of paint, while stressing "product integrity...
...turn around just in time to see some dude wearing a Gate of Heaven bowling jacket and a scalley cap, his mind stoked with bennies, float by. His eyes are as big as five-cent gumballs. He has a silly smile on his face and a seven-inch knife in his back pocket. Yes, there will be a jam this afternoon at the Arena...
...study this portion, the scientists will employ three devices. The first, a spectrograph, was designed by James G. Baker, associate of the Harvard College Observatory. This instrument. weighing a ton, uses 16-inch mirrors and a four-by-six-inch grating with 15,000 individually ruled lines in each inch. According to Menzel, spectroscopic photographs of the outer corona have never been made with such sophisticated equipment...
Ironclad Chastity. As the autumnal Henry, Richard Burton is every other inch a king. In appearance he is as scruffy as a knave; his justly celebrated voice is restricted to self-analytical lists: "I'm bitter, I'm envious, I'm dangerous, I'm malicious." Quite. But regal? Not quite...