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...year. Ford Division Boss James 0. Wright said the new Fords "series by series will be cheaper than Chevrolet or Plymouth," even though "prices will be up somewhat." Since Chevrolet has dropped its lowest-priced Delray line and Plymouth has scrapped its rock-bottom Plaza, the lowest-priced Ford Custom 300 is expected to sell for less than any other car of its two major competitors. Ford will also slash prices of its slow-rolling Edsel by "hundreds of dollars...
...seems like a natural democratic solution for the people on Formosa, and this principle is undoubtedly basis for a sound policy. But if we expect it to be applied in the form of a "plebiscite" sponsored by the UN, we will be disappointed. Plebiscites are not an old Chinese custom. The Nationalist government on Taiwan is a sovereign power in law and in its own sentiment and view of itself. It would not permit the UN to come in and stage a referendum; nor would it be desirable to let in an outside group of UN observers including Communist representatives...
...symbolic embodiment of pervasive evil. They find in the idea of a Communist conspiracy a suitable devil, responsible for the sins of their no-longer Jeffersonian world. States' rights form a barrier against political manifestations of this insidious movement, and traditional values become weapons against social sabotage. Integration, upsetting custom, supported by left-wingers, and enforced by centralizied national power, seems an instrument of the alien interest...
...republic. But in the last year there has been a change in the smiling, accessible Bourguiba. Since he moved into the President's palace, he has become increasingly autocratic, petulant and impatient of criticism. Ambassadors were instructed to bow three times on withdrawing from his presence-a custom imposed by the Bey whom Bourguiba overthrew in the name of democracy...
...medieval custom," whispered the lady in the blue chemise. "You fill it up with champagne and everybody drinks from...