Word: fiat
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...other hand, have stringent import restrictions that have prevented the Japanese from capturing more than 3% of the local markets. The success of its economical R-5 (known as Le Car in the U.S.) helped France's Renault to increase sales last year by 11%. Italy's Fiat expanded its share of the local market from 50.9% to 52.3%, despite weak demand for its larger models and intermittent strikes that reduced production in September...
...Communication that silence is indeed often golden. President-elect Ronald Reagan has so far, often to the chagrin of the press, shown an admirable reluctance to grab all of the many chances he gets to sound off on just about anything. Given the possible alternatives, Yoko Ono's fiat that John Lennon's passing be marked with ten minutes of silence around the world was inspired. In truth, the day of the telecast experiment would be a perfect time for the nation to reflect generally-and silently-on the whole disgruntling phenomenon of superfluous talk...
Sound familiar but somehow fiat? The more famous rendering of Psalms 8: 4 is rather more ringing: "What is man that thou art mindful of him, and the son of man that thou dost care for him?" But Christians in the English-speaking world had better get used to the neutered wording, for it may appear in the new edition of the Revised Standard Version of the Bible due a decade from now. The reworked RSV will include hundreds of such language changes made in the cause of stripping Scripture of "sexism...
...dreaded internal security act of Mrs. Gandhi's 1975-77 emergency rule; for example, detained persons must be given a quick hearing before a three-person panel. When Parliament reconvenes this week, Mrs. Gandhi will seek its formal approval of the law, which was imposed by executive fiat. During what is expected to be a bitter debate, opposition members will warn that, once again, Mrs. Gandhi is taking her country down the road to authoritarianism...
...many Italians, the harmonious mood at the auto plant was the first accomplishment of their country's new government, and a possible harbinger of its durability. The Fiat dispute had contributed to the defeat of the outgoing Cabinet led by Prime Minister Francesco Cossiga, which collapsed in September after losing a secret-ballot vote on its economic program. Everyone knew that the strike settlement was related to a four-party political deal that had spawned a new government headed by Christian Democratic Prime Minister Arnaldo Forlani. Last week, drawing a comfortable majority of 52 in a parliamentary vote...