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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...French and British fortnight ago agreed to jointly construct a new air-to-ground missile, already have in the works joint ventures for the Concorde supersonic airliner, a jet trainer, an air traffic control system and a historic tunnel link underneath the English Channel. There are hints, too, that De Gaulle, who has long scorned summitry with the Russians as pointless and dangerous, is eying Moscow in a new light...
...shops, design firms, plaster shops, tire companies and art studios that subcontract for the auto industry. Here they can often pick up information that skilled engineers and product planners can assemble into a faithful replica of a rival's new car. Ford, for example, was able to construct a clay model of General Motors' Chevelle nearly a year before its introduction. Most agents do their work so quietly that only a handful of men in each division or company knows who they...
Stare also commented that one of the per targets of the health quacks is the "poisoning" of our water supply through flouridation. "Floride is a mineral nutrient," he said; the body must have sufficient flourine to construct a dental enamel strong enough to resist decay...
Some U.S. builders are beginning to take advantage of this remarkable seller's market. The most famous U.S. builder, William Levitt, has won preliminary approval from the French government to construct a Levittown of 500 houses near Versailles. For a three-bedroom house, he will charge $20,000 to $25,000-which is 25% to 50% more than the price of the same Levitt house...
Warren's opinion required only that both branches of state legislatures be represented by members from districts "substantially" equal in population. He added: "The equal-protection clause requires that a state make an honest and good-faith effort to construct districts, in both houses of its legislature, as nearly of equal population as is practicable. Mathematical exactness or precision is hardly a workable constitutional requirement...