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...trade pigments with some protectionist coloration. He placated the textile industry, which can influence many a member of Congress, by negotiating a web of "voluntary" quotas on foreign textile exports to the U.S.-and the new trade bill, bold in its thrust against tariffs, conspicuously fails to make any dent in quotas or other nontariff trade restrictions...
...underground nuclear tests may not produce a fiery mushroom cloud but there is one above-ground effect that anyone can see. ] Shortly after each recent blast, a strange dent has appeared in the ground at the Yucca Flats, Nev., test center. Some of the depressions are only a few feet deep, but two of them are 50 ft. deep and several hundred feet across. The holes are not craters; nothing is blown out. There is no radioactivitiy, and the level of the ground around the depressions is not raised. But millions of cubic feet of dirt have apparently disappeared...
...AUTOS. Says American Motors Corp.'s William S. Pickett, executive vice presi dent of A.M.C. Export: "If some indus tries can't make a go of it, why in hell don't they get out of business? With fewer restrictions, trade in general would be more competitive, and it would no longer be necessary to spend millions to set up foreign subsidiaries." ∙STEEL. "Our industry has survived com petitive situations before," says one big steel executive. "Although this is a tough predicament, we can do it again by pro viding better quality, better service...
Cuba made the first dent in John Kennedy's self-confidence. When the invasion first began to go sour, the President called his brother, Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who was making a speech in Williamsburg, Va., at the time. "Why don't you come back," said Jack, "and let's discuss it." Bobby flew back and, in the midst of crisis, his was the profile pictured against the late-burning White House lights. In Cuba's immediate aftermath, it was Bobby who moved into the White House, spearheaded an investigation of the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency...
...fact, as Mattei knows, his first batch of 70 stations cannot hope to make much dent in a nation that already boasts 36,000 gas stations. But Mattei clearly hopes to expand his British chain rapidly by using the same tactics that he has employed so successfully in Italy, Switzerland, Austria and West Germany; unlike most British stations, the A.G.I.P. stations will offer American-style service (including clean toilets) plus the added attraction of snack bars...