Word: dieselization
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...many times "circumnavigated the cauldron," as he describes his swings through Europe, Gunther can still be absurdly misled-and misleading. The fact that almost every taxi in West Berlin is a Mercedes-Benz is presented as a sign of prosperity; in fact, as Germany's only diesel-engined car, the Mercedes is favored by cab owners purely for economy. On West Berlin's city council, Adenauer's Christian Democrats are not "the opposition." as Gunther reports, but in coalition with Willy Brandt's Socialists. Benelux currencies are no more or less "interchangeable" than the rest...
...federal highway program. That would permit the building of a 41,000-mile interstate network to be completed in the early 1970s. Resisting heavy pressures from the oil and trucking lobbies, the House voted to bankroll the bill by continuing the current 4?-per-gallon tax on gasoline and diesel fuel (both were slated to drop to 3? next month), and to boost taxes on trucks, tires, inner tubes. The bill now goes to the Senate, which is expected to examine it critically...
Bold Enough. Gratefully, King Hassan organized a big hunting party near Rabat, took the Yugoslav leader for a ride on one of his new superslick yellow-and-red diesel trains, just delivered from France, as thousands of Moroccans cheered. Then Tito steamed off for six days of talks with President Habib Bourguiba in Tunis and with the Algerian F.L.N. rebel leaders. Urging negotiations with France, Tito told F.L.N. Chief Ferhat Abbas: "You must be bold enough to know when to call...
...cars, 40% of all trucks, and 95% of buses. Last week G.M. was under attack on a less familiar front. In Manhattan, a federal grand jury, after hearing evidence for 17 months, handed down a criminal indictment against the corporation on charges of monopolizing the U.S. diesel locomotive industry...
...guilty as charged," replied General Motors Chairman Frederic G. Donner. It was not surprising that G.M. "has been the leader in this field," he said, because G.M. was the chief U.S. developer of the diesel electric locomotive, while other U.S. makers were committed to building "the inefficient steam locomotive." As diesels replaced steam engines, argued Donner, the market naturally fell to the most experienced manufacturer...