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...line, which will go on sale in mid-November, is as much as 2 in. lower, at least 1 in. wider than present models. Low-priced Plymouth, which was jostled out of third place this year by G.M.'s Buick, will be stretched 10½ in. to an overall length of 204 in. (v. 198 in. for the current Ford, 196 for the current Chevrolet); medium-priced Dodge will be 212 in. long, only 4 in. shorter than Cadillac. Up and down the line, every model will have bodies that taper gracefully in at the top, wrap-around windshields...
...boost it to 260 h.p. or better. De Soto (170 h.p.) and Dodge (150 h.p.) V-8s will also boost their horsepower. Plymouth, which poked along for years with a straight six-cylinder engine, will add a brand-new 150 h.p. V8. All cars will have new suspension systems, wider rear springs for more comfortable riding. Every line will now offer the full range of power equipment-power steering, power brakes, electric window lifts, power seats...
...many development not envisioned in 1945 was that a review conference, instead of relieving tension, would probably add to it. Ideally, such a conference should not be held at this time for it would only drive wider the rift between the United States and Russia. Revisions in the political sphere are unnecessary; the free world has come to rely on regional organizations for security. The U.S. and Soviet Russia should settle their differences through the usual channels of diplomacy, not under the klieg lights of a world forum where give and take is impossible and every speech becomes a point...
...terms of geographical distribution, the Cornell student body does not exhibit an equivalent degree of diversity. While the University has students from every state and from nearly 70 foreign countries, and admissions officers strive for ever wider distribution, Cornell is still to a large extent a New York State school, with close to sixty per cent of its students from within the state...
...school would risk public disapproval by seeking to enforce such a will. In nine states,* however, laws have been passed specifically permitting these bequests. Georgia School of Medicine has received only one body in five years as a result of this provision. But in California the idea has had wider appeal, and the state's medical schools now receive as many as 200 bodies a year by bequest...