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Allergic to Caviar. The most pointed criticism is that a nation of 32 million people cannot possibly be drawn into the technocratic 21st century by the fiat of a single man, no matter how good his intentions. The Shah at 55 is in good health-his worst indisposition, ironically, is an allergy that prevents his eating Iran's world-famous Caspian caviar -and he works a 15-hour day with scant time out for family life. But for all the Shah's skill and experience, sooner or later decisions must be shared more than they have been...
...lags far behind Western Europe in opening the Communist market. Western Europe's trade with the Soviet Union and Eastern Europe is more than ten times greater than that of the U.S. (see chart). Many Soviet citizens now eat spaghetti and breadsticks made in Italian-built factories, drive Fiat-designed autos called Zhigulis, and wear clothes made from fibers spun in a British-designed plant. Soon they will watch color television developed by France's Thomson Co. The West Germans plan to help build a $1 billion steel complex at Kursk, where the Wehrmacht, ironically, suffered defeat...
...problem should be handled by government fiat," he said...
...monetary loss from Fiat's grande stangata (big sting) was the realization that an economic crunch had at last hit Fiat, which survived earlier crises without shortening the work week...
Things are bound to get worse. The Fiat layoff will eventually affect 50,000 employees of satellite industries. Turin householders, meanwhile, have already been notified that heating-oil prices will be doubled this year from $15 a month to $30 for a two-room apartment...