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Whether any of these proposals will ever become law is uncertain, but American drivers scarcely need to be ordered to think twice about their bigger cars. In a trend that dismayed Detroit, they had already begun doing so even before the energy crisis struck. In the 1973 model year, compact and subcompact cars captured 41.5% of the domestic new-car market, up from 38% the year before and 32% in 1970?before the first Vegas, Pintos and Colts appeared. Last month, sales of smaller autos, which frequently get around 20 m.p.g., were up 10% over the same period...
...Michel Jobert, 52, has been likened to Henry Kissinger. The comparison must titillate his highly developed sense of irony. In fact, Jobert and Kissinger, whose clash last week was the highlight of the NATO foreign ministers' meeting, make a study in contrasts that tells much about the uncertain state of U.S.-European relations. Aside from a few parallels in their careers, the two men are as fundamentally opposed in their views of the world as in their working styles...
...Israelis and the Arabs have remained unchanged since Secretary of State Henry Kissinger's first whirlwind visit to the region in early November. Four of the six points in Kissinger's cease-fire plan have been satisfactorily carried out. One-the cease-fire itself-remains uncertain. But the most crucial of all, the "disengagement and separation of forces," has failed completely. Arab-Israeli negotiations at Kilometer 101 on the Cairo-Suez road were broken off two weeks ago by Egypt, which charged that the Israelis had no intention of pulling their forces back to the Oct. 22 lines...
Leahy said, however, that the University's energy situation for February is still "completely uncertain." Present contingency plans call for a week-long vacation commencing February 18 if the University faces increased fuel cutbacks...
Doris H. Kearns, associate professor of Government, said yesterday that whether or not the president has actually exerted any influence over the IRS is uncertain...