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Gallery of Modern Art, which will not show any. Some critics already are throwing their weight behind op in dubious battle with pop. Actually, they both share an everyman's land. If anything, they are opposite sides of the same coin, gambled on what art can become...
...from home these days without running into a squat, silent (except for a few rumbles) salesman who has become an unbelievable success by indulging its customers' penchant for convenience, impulse buying and gadgetry. The salesman is the ubiquitous vending machine, before which Americans stoop, bow and jingle coins as if it were a roadside shrine. The machines usually come through, too, and with less fist-pounding than ever before. Some 4,500,000 of them-or one for every 43 Americans -now dispense everything from gum to gardenias to greeting cards at the drop of a coin...
Though fully a year ahead of its competitors, Convair lost out to North American last August in the Pentagon sweepstakes for a counterinsurgency (COIN) aircraft, but the company chose to put the finishing touches (at a cost of $2,000,000) on the plane anyway. And the military was plainly impressed by the Charger-its promised performance, low $250,000 price tag and immediate availability. But even if the Defense Department never orders a single plane, Convair sees a civilian market for the plane as a bush carrier and fire fighter. Whatever comes of it, its debut marks a return...
...grumpy citizens, weary of waiters, cabbies and similarly unappealing personnel who do a fast, sloppy job, then present open, demanding palms, Mendelsohn's in New Rochelle, N.Y., offers a solution. It is a coin that looks like a quarter, feels like a quarter (at eight for $ 1, even costs less than a quarter), generally passes for the genuine article until the tipper is safely out of reach. Too late, open, demanding eyes will discover the drawing of an outstretched hand where George Washington should be, and instead of an eagle, the straightforward, gloriously embossed message: THIS COIN is YOUR...
...result, 58% of Rank's current profit comes from nonfilm activities. Capitalizing on Britain's rising incomes, Rank's 19 divisions run 18 "Top Rank" bowling alleys, 38 bingo clubs, 29 ballrooms, 15 coin-op laundries, 25 dance studios. The firm has also opened three motor inns and ten highway service centers, runs 184 TV and appliance retail stores and six factories that make radio and TV sets, appliances and electronic equipment...