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Around four large wooden desks in a dirty greystone building in West Berlin, an American, a Briton, a Frenchman and a Russian work together 24 hours a day, almost as if the cold war did not exist. This is Berlin's Air Safety Center, where the West advises East of its flights up the three air corridors over Communist territory from West Germany. The system is supposed to avoid accidents; in fact, it neatly ties the Soviets to tacit recognition of the West's rights to fly the disputed airlanes. Many Western officers think Russia will...
...boost in purchase taxes and duties on almost everything a Briton buys, from cigarettes and wine to cars and television sets. Lloyd estimated that the higher prices would give Britons some $588 million less pocket money to spend, presumably cut down on imports, currently running way ahead of exports. In a nation where the average weekly wage is $45, a packet of cigarettes will now cost...
...confess I am worried, but I am not afraid." Thus Prime Minister Harold Macmillan last week confided to a Tory caucus his feelings about Britain's deepening economic crisis. To the average Briton in pub and park, basking in the summer sun, there were few signs of anything even to worry about, let alone fear. Wage earners were enjoying record employment; their shopping mums were still savoring the longest stretch of prosperity since the war. Labor leader after labor leader has gone on record for another round of wage increases this summer. On the surface, everything seemed tickety...
...keep shop. Founders Judkyn and Pratt picked Ian McCallum, then executive editor of Britain's Architectural Review, and debonair Briton who is fascinated by American architecture both good and bad. Says Curator McCallum: "There is a quite amazing ignorance which exists in Britain of America's cultural past-and present, for that matter." He thinks that the museum, by putting "history into the fourth dimension in a way that films and even books can't do," may shed some light...
Strange Customs. In Manhattan foreign travelers are surprised to find that they can buy cheap, nourishing meals at coffee shops and cafeterias. But this is not for every taste. "You can get a bit tired of hamburgers and milk shakes,'' said one vacationing Briton. French wine connoisseurs are dismayed to find that so many good French vintages wind up in the U.S. But an even more disturbing discovery is often in store. One Frenchman ordered a vintage red Burgundy with his dinner in a Denver restaurant, to his horror saw the waiter serve it chilled. Other native customs...