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...cold war put the brake on the development of relations between nations and slowed down the progress and advance of economic and scientific ties. I ask myself, was that a good period? Did it serve the interests of the people? And my answer to that is no, no, no and again...
...rented yellow Morris Marina to strike at the Nicosia residence of Israeli Ambassador Rahamim Timor. Caught in heavy traffic that threatened to wreck their timetable, the Arabs raced conspicuously down the oncoming traffic lane of Grivas Avenue and through a series of red traffic lights. Other cars had to brake suddenly to avoid collisions, and one of these cars was driven by an off-duty policeman. He immediately alerted headquarters to have the "crazy driver" of the Morris picked up "before he kills someone...
...beneath the 100-sq.-mi. Lake Samotlor, is believed to be the world's richest single oil deposit, comparable in potential to the entire Alaskan North Slope. When fully developed, it will have more than 3,000 producing wells. Despite cold so extreme that steel becomes brittle and brake fluids freeze, Soviet drilling and construction crews are expanding production at a rate previously achieved only in Libya...
...effect was to put a brake on the entrenched power of the conservatives, who have ruled Japanese politics for 24 years. That was exactly what many voters intended. As Yasuo Onomichi, 27, a Tokyo office worker, put it: "I voted for the Communists although I don't like them. The L.D.P. is too strong. It must be checked." One issue on which the electorate seemed resigned was the widespread practice of illegal spending on entertaining voters and sometimes making outright cash purchases of votes. In pre-election campaigning, one candidate, for instance, reportedly spent $20,000 to entertain...
...plants scheduled for completion in 1974, in which "work teams" of 20 will replace much of the assembly lines. Instead of each worker performing a single, repetitive operation, he or she will work as part of a group that will be responsible for assembling large components and subassemblies, like brake systems. On some teams, each member will change his job every day-for example, alternating between the assembly line, quality control stations and office paper work. U.S. automakers say that Gyllenhammar's innovations are not suited for Detroit's high-volume production, but in next year...