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...milestone of sorts. Into an austere caucus chamber in Bonn's Bundestag last week filed a delegation of Christian Democrats followed by a deputation from the opposition Social Democrat Party. With West Germany's political crisis entering its fourth week, Kurt Georg Kiesinger, the Christian Democrats' candidate for Chancellor, met with Socialist Leader Willy Brandt to discuss something that had never been tried before in the postwar period: a "grand coalition" between the red and the black...
Having turned a formidable sounding Encyclopaedia Dictionary of Physics into a sort of bestseller (6,000 sets at $300 each), Maxwell last week brought out a new 15-volume edition of Brit ain's highly regarded Chamber's Encyclopaedia with which he confidently expects to capture some of the 99% of the world market held by U.S. publishers. Eighty percent of Pergamon's output is already sold abroad in 123 countries, including the U.S., which accounts for half of the company's exports. "If there were 50 other firms in Britain doing what we are," boasts...
Whenever the Bach Society Orchestra performs, it leaves an ambiguous impression: it is never clear whether it is a chamber group, a small symphony orchestra, or simply a label under which disparate musical activities take place. The first half of last Saturday's concert ranged from Beethoven's Coriolanus Overture to the same composer's Wind Octet, Opus 103. Conductor Daniel Hathaway kept the orchestra precisely together throughout Coriolanus, but many of the opportunities for playing back and forth between parts were muffed. He might have had better luck at a faster tempo. However, the orchestra's total sound...
Shortly before noon on January 18, 1967, the 300 members of the General Court of Massachusetts will assemble in the elegant Chamber of the House of Representatives. Two carved thrones on the canopied Speaker's Rostrum and twelve black leather armchairs at its base will be conspicuously empty. At just a few minutes before noon there will be a loud rapping on the chamber's main door. The president of the senate, who will be presiding, will order the door opened, and a man dressed in a morning suit and top hat, holding an ivory mace will enter...
Soft-drink manufacturers find occasional flat spots among the bubbles. Low-calorie drinks have yet to catch on abroad. Manufacturers are constantly concerned about tax increases by envious governments. Last week in Italy, the Chamber of Deputies voted to increase the cola tax from 5.2% to 15.6% in order to raise money for new schools. Another problem, with can and vending-machine sales still limited, is the shortage and high cost of glass bottles. In Uruguay, for instance, a soft drink costs 110 if consumed on the spot but 180 if the customer wants to take the bottle with...