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...least 1,750,000. Last week the Commerce Department reported that the annual rate of starts climbed to 1,715,000 in February, up from 1,306,000 in the same month a year earlier. George Romney, the ebullient Secretary of Housing and Urban Development, calls housing "the brightest spot on the economic horizon." If the surge in sales continues-a substantial if-builders may reach Romney's target of 2,000,000 starts...
...chemical composition or possible dangers of the phosphate-free brands are largely unknown. Most use sodium carbonate, which has a higher alkaline content than detergents and common soaps and could, if used improperly, damage eyes and mucous membranes. Since most laundry experts agree that phosphates clean best and brightest, the new brands could presage a return to the old tattletale-gray washes. Still, in only six months or so the phosphate-free products have captured 3% of the market. Says Hercules A. Segalas, a leading analyst of soap-industry stocks at William D. Witter, Inc.: "People figure they...
LOCKHEED Aircraft Corp., a pioneer in plane building and long the biggest U.S. defense contractor, has gained fame through its Constellation and Electra aircraft, its Polaris and Poseidon missiles, its U-2 spy plane. Rolls-Royce Ltd. has become one of Britain's brightest industrial ornaments by making the most luxurious cars in the world, as well as engines for the Concorde supersonic jet, nearly every plane in the Royal Air Force, and rocket and diesel motors for road, rail and water transport in more than 100 countries. Last week those two storied giants threatened to push each other...
...SHEPARD is one of the brightest people in contemporary theatre, with credits ranging from La Mama to Zabriskie Point. In La Turista, he has written a vehicle which succeeds on the level of farce, yet never seems at home on any other level. The play breaks cleanly at the acts, although each act mirrors the other to some extent in setting and characters. The first act can be taken as an entertainment, a humorous diversion of no great moment, but it seems to attempt something more. Shephard gives us two American tourists in a Mexican hotel, confronted with a strange...
Educational TV, once sobersided, is offering the brightest addition to this year's midseason schedule. Three programs from the Public Broadcasting Service are somewhat flawed but highly viewable alternatives to commercial TV's flavorless...