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Yvonne Skinner, a robust and affable woman from her rhinestone-studded glasses to her brand-new blue sneakers, is the main reason, Skinner says, that he never started a Walden Two of his own. "I don't like the idea of Walden Two," she says, "I like my privacy, I like collecting stuff, I like to travel, And I like my home...
...meantime, the nation's fourth automaker, American Motors Corp., is making an even bolder play to increase showroom traffic. Despite the dismal sales climate, A.M.C. is bringing out a brand-new car. Called the Pacer, the new entry is a two-door subcompact aimed primarily at the urban market...
...Steel's small but still significant retreat came one week after its announcement of price increases ranging as high as 8% on some basic steel products. Much as he did when General Motors sprang some hefty car price increases on his brand-new Administration last August, President Ford issued a statement that he was "very disappointed" at the news and doubtful that the price hikes were justified. As it happened, the Wage and Price Council had already taken it upon itself to fire off a telegram to U.S. Steel's New York headquarters asking the company to explain...
...recovered so completely that she has taken up teaching ballet again. Last week, at a Manhattan news conference, she demonstrated her renewed ability to perform classical ballet movements. "I feel like a marvelous car," she said. "They have put in a new part, and I am like a brand-new Cadillac or Rolls-Royce...
Pathetic Standoff. The militant left has carried civil disobedience one step further. Housing is short because of higher construction costs and tight credit, so radicals have led homeless squatters into whatever shelter is avail able. In one section of the city, 40 families raced to occupy brand-new housing already assigned to others. They held it against the frustrated protests of the rightful tenants, some of whom had been waiting years. It was a pathetic stand off between different dispossessed...