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...German automakers see it, with gasoline at $ 1.33 a gallon, double its 1973 price, there is a strong demand for small, economical cars, while wealthy drivers will continue to buy expensive quality autos. But the market is less buoyant for medium-sized, medium-priced autos. That, in part, explains how Daimler-Benz and BMW managed to steer through the recession with barely a falter. Sales of Mercedes-Benz cars rose from 331,682 in 1973 to 350,098 in 1975. Buoyed by that performance as well as by rising truck and bus production (229,-303, up 11.7% from 1974), Daimler...
Moynihan and Ferris were nearly hit by a one-man shell and Moynihan had some trouble with a buoyant collar that became waterlogged...
...some excellent dancers taking on his flights of ferocity. "I believe in good dancers, better dancers and great dancers," he says. Like Balanchine, he wants a starless troupe, but whether he likes it or not, Christine Sarry easily stands out. As the mercurial waif of Excursions or the buoyant ballerina of Mazurka, she is fleet-spirited and light-legged...
Blithe Humor. Hearts of the West, Director Howard Zieff's second movie, abounds in happy eccentricity and cleverness, blithe good humor about fate and a buoyant faith in the happy ending. Lewis, the dumb but ingratiating innocent, is treated with the sort of subdued affection that never becomes condescending. The movie is well served too by an engaging Jeff Bridges and an altogether nifty cast of freshly minted characters, among whom Alan Arkin may be observed in full and wondrous cry. Arkin appears as an unctuous, anxious director named Kessler, a creation of devastating sardonic accuracy. His directions...
Nixon relaxes during the afternoons, frequently getting in a round of golf on the course at nearby Camp Pendleton with his aide, Colonel (ret.) Jack Brennan. Pat Nixon, by all visitors' accounts, is aglow-buoyant and relaxed as she oversees Casa Pacifica or putters in her garden. "I'm loving this place," she told a friend not long...