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...working days, Kennedy slips behind the wheel of his 1971 Pontiac GTO convertible and drives rapidly to the Capitol, one foot on the accelerator, the other lightly on the brake.* Almost invariably dressed in a dark British-cut suit, a monogrammed shirt with a PT-109 clip holding his tie, Kennedy trots rather than walks into his office to begin his daily race of trying to keep up with a schedule jammed with more interviews, hearings, appointments, speeches and votes than any man could realistically accomplish...
...difficult to measure in many industries, particularly services (TIME, Nov. 15), and the commission has not yet announced how it should be calculated by businessmen seeking price rises. Economists agree, however, that productivity generally rises in a post-recessionary period like the present one, and thus should put a brake on price boosts...
...diplomatically named American Eagle-account for one-third of the bikes sold in the U.S. Under pressure from Washington, American Eagle has been setting limits to its annual sales increases. Both the domestic and foreign companies are also struggling with a worldwide shortage of parts. Most bike hand brakes and gears are produced overseas, and until the manufacturers catch up with back orders there will be a brake on further expansion. Schwinn, for example, has to air-freight brake parts from Switzerland to keep its production schedule from being thrown out of gear...
...second brake on the turn-around is the continuing caution of consumers, who saved a high 7.2% of their income during the quarter. They have begun to buy some expensive items, notably houses and cars. Compared with the same period last year, auto sales rose 13% in March and a record-setting 32% in the first ten days of April, keeping alive Detroit's hopes for a 10-million-car year. But in retail stores, appliances, furniture and other consumer durables are selling slowly. Says Ralph Lazarus, chairman of Federated Department Stores: "The trend has not improved...
Parachute Brake. Empty or full, VLCCs are so underpowered (to save building costs) that Europoort, for one, needs two hours to hit top speed of 16.5 knots. As a further result, the behemoths are plagued with the problem of stopping, which can take up to ten miles. By "slaloming," or steering hard port and then hard starboard, with engines full astern in open water, VLCCs can stop within two miles. Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries is now testing a special parachute that it hopes can cut a tanker's stopping distance by onefourth. But with bigger and bigger...