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...home, in offices, restaurants, trains and even on luxury liners. "Don't yawn when you are bored," she urges. "Just say politely, 'Sorry, this subject is so distant from me that I do not follow your argument.' " As for loud belching, that is "the peak of tactlessness-but if you do it, say quietly 'Pardon me' and don't go into further detail on how it happened." Though she lives in a country where bourgeois dress was long shunned in favor of workers' baggy overalls, Mme. Majorová comes...
...revolution: ice-cream production. "Our ice cream can compete with the best ice creams in any part of the world," drooled Fidel, as the workers cheered. "Today we produce 26 flavors, and it's worth emphasizing that not once has one of the flavors failed. Never has the peak of quality been allowed to drop." Almost as if he had just signed a treaty with Howard Johnson, he promised earnestly: "Not only will the number of flavors be maintained, but it will be increased. We are going to reach 40, maybe 42 flavors...
Among the many requests that the Interstate Commerce Commission gets from railroads anxious to discontinue unprofitable passenger service, the one it ruled on last week was aptly described as "unique." The train that came under the commission's scrutiny operates almost at capacity in peak seasons, remains as plushly appointed as the day it came into operation 18 years ago, and has received virtually no complaints from passengers about deteriorating service. Moreover, noted the ICC, it passes through "some of the most spectacular scenery in the country" and thus is a "national asset." So saying, the commission ordered that...
...first half of the meet was especially tight. The Elis took firsts in four of the first five events, mostly field events, and Harvard had just a two-point lead going into the 60-yard dash. Wayne Andersen, who has hit his peak early this season, zipped to a victory over Rich Robinson of Yale. Harvard's Bill Jewett was third and Andy Cahners, who also placed in the hurdles, was fourth...
Nasser, who brought all these woes upon himself as the chief instigator of the whole Yemen affair, must face the fact that the war's cost-about $500,000 a day at its peak-is a heavy burden to the Egyptian economy. For all his Russian-made tanks and Ilyushin light bombers, Nasser cannot promise a quick rout of either the anti-Sallal rebels or the sandal-clad royalist guerrillas in the hills. He has resumed air attacks not only on the royalist redoubts but also on border towns in Saudi Arabia, which he claims serve as supply depots...