Word: excepts
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Often as not, the men who hold the stars in their places are Jon Bell, an intern studying to be a planetarium director, and Joe Doti, engineer. Except for the subdued glow from green and red console lights, they work in darkness. "It only takes a few weeks to learn how to operate, but you must know the basics of astronomy," says Bell. He is whispering as the display goes on, and his tone suggests an acolyte trying not to disturb a service. Every time he does a show, he admits, he feels a shiver synapsing down his spine...
...auto companies are increasing prices for large, luxurious highway cruisers and holding them steady or reducing them for smaller cars. This week General Motors is raising prices an average of $137 on all its models except the sub-compact Chevette. Since Detroit traditionally plays follow-the-leader, Chrysler is raising prices an average $85 for all cars except the subcompact Omni and Horizon, and Ford is expected to post further increases...
Financially troubled American Motors took a different approach. The company lost an estimated $65 million on its conventional cars in 1978, and sales of all of its cars, except the Jeep, were down 30% in November from the same month a year ago. So A.M.C. has decided to woo customers to its new, small Spirit model with price reductions and freebie options, such as AM radios and whitewalls, that could save the buyer as much as $284 on the price...
...Married (to an economist) and the mother of three, she says that the "big problem in being a professional woman with a family is that you simply have less time for the profession." Kreps finds enough time to be in the forefront of the drive to boost U.S. exports. Except in the rarest cases, she opposes the policy of withholding high-technology American exports from countries that flout the Administration's human rights and diplomatic goals...
Back toward the front of the building is the Harvard Stand-Up Bar, which in the afterwork crush resembles the Union more than Harvard Hall. The U-shaped bar is made of cork and seems similar to most any spot where well-heeled New Yorkers gather, except in one important respect. No money changes hands at the bar, nor anywhere else in the club. In fitting with the club's extreme gentility, all services must be charged and paid for later. Given the milieu, it comes as a surprise that the convivial Harvard Stand-Up Bar was the scene...