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Some Like It Hot, you will recall, was the Billy Wilder-I.A.L. Diamond tale of two down-and-out musicians (Jack Lemmon and Tony Curtis) who take refuge from some Chicago hoods by joining up with an all-girl band headlining Marilyn Monroe. It was, in every way, a winner, and if you're looking around for ways to spend your money, you might invest 15 cents on a TV Guide so that you don't miss the film next time it's on the tube...
...heavy end of the truck market, composed mainly of the construction and trucking firms, is also growing. The big three automakers produced 60% of the heavy trucks sold last year; the rest were turned out by International Harvester, White Motor Corp., Mack Trucks, Diamond Reo and other companies. The 7% investment tax credit has helped spur demand. So has the decline of train service, and the fact that 25,000 communities in the U.S. have no means of delivery service other than trucks. Industry leaders expect total sales to increase 50% by 1980 to $10 billion, a growth rate that...
...Harvard were to announce that it did not intend to give up the land and would fight in court if necessary, it might find itself with enough allies to break the project." Diamond said, adding that several members of Scenic Hudson are Harvard alumni...
Scenic Hudson has been in touch with members of the University on several occasions. Diamond said, and generally met with two attitudes. "It's an interesting split. There are some who wish Harvard would stay in the Square, and other who feel that if Harvard would have to go to the moon and build there, fine...
...does not appear that Diamond's hopes for Harvard action in the matter will be realized. While Zimmerman said the plot in question had been "denuded by early settlers, but has now returned to the state of primeval forest." Daniel Steiner '54, general counsel to the University, said that to his understanding, the portion Con Ed would need has "no research value and is poor horticulturally...