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...European phenomenon, the Gymnaestrada is amateur athletics at its purest. All 10,000 participants paid their own way to Stuttgart, and their own expenses while there. No one was judged, and everyone was eligible: the age of the participants ranged from 7 to 74. "It's the cheapest form of exercise I can get," explained a German housewife of 38. "I need only a pair of gym shoes and shorts to work out. It's a family sport. My husband and children and I all enjoy it together. Now we like it so much we follow gymnastic events...
...amount that British firms can charge off on their income tax for executive limousines. Of the 1,200 Rollses and Bentleys (the same car with a different grille) sold in Britain each year, 75% are bought by corporations. To buy the cheapest Rolls ($16,800) for its managing director used to cost a company only $8,190 in nondeductible pounds; now it would cost...
...they are happy, childlike men busy with their assignment, whether it is Mass, plumbing, electrical repairs, moral theology, or the grisly business of lepers' laundry. They could not care less about entertaining a VIP, and Querry might live unhappily ever after, driving the mission truck or designing the cheapest possible hospital, but for the intrusion of the world...
Hard as it is to believe, when irony has become the cheapest of cinema gimmicks, the film contains no irony at all. There is plenty of patriotism and sentiment, but no posture. Its script is simple, and I am told the subtitles are adequate...
...Methods. State highway departments have also lowered costs by accepting new building methods. Texas gives a contractor a choice of materials to use on a job so that he can pick the cheapest, e.g. steel or prestressed concrete on bridges. Michigan and other states save time and money by making their surveys by aerial photography. Oklahoma has found that building roads across open country rather than following old high ways has cut land-buying costs...