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Small European cars such as Renault and Peugeot have long had front-wheel drive, and so had the U.S. Cord in the 1930s. Critics contend that the system has disadvantages, but Oldsmobile General Manager Harold Metzel argues that engineering advances eliminate them. Power steering prevents sway and loss of control on turns; an adjustable torsion-bar suspension system eliminates over-steering. The Toronado will cost about $5,000, and Metzel anticipates sales...
...nautical-mile-long cruise [Sept. 3], has anyone tried a 6,076-ft. extension cord...
...SURVIVAL by Cord Christian Troebst. 312 pages. Doubleday...
They acted stupidly. Why did neither one of them think of using the gasoline or the cigarette lighter from the car to get a fire going? Yet millions of people nowadays, claims Author Cord Christian Troebst (Conquest of the Sea) would have behaved just as ineffectually. In this brisk compendium, Author Troebst recounts a number of harrowing adventure stories and gives some ingenious advice on the art of survival...
Although none of the spinal cord is literally cut, the effect is temporarily the same: some nerve fibers are killed, and others are so damaged by the electric current that they take months to revive. More than half of the first 250 patients treated by Dr. Mullan with his new technique have been in the final stages of cancer. For others, suffering from shingles, some forms of arthritis, and nerve damage resulting from injuries, relief has lasted an average of six months. If and when the pain returns, the operation can be repeated...