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...leading subcompact, behind the Ford Escort, the Nissan Sentra and the Chevrolet Chevette. That is no small accomplishment, since the three leaders all have much larger dealer networks. Consumers say they like the Alliance's low cost and fuel efficiency (37 m.p.g. in town, 52 m.p.g. on the highway...
...spasm of reforming zeal, the Federal Highway Administration in 1976 announced that it was thinking of changing all signs on the nation's interstates from miles to kilometers. After receiving nearly 5,000 letters of protest, the FHA quickly abandoned the scheme...
...slippery slope: some ten miles away, another soggy mountainside began to roll downhill, threatening to divert a river through the town of Payson (pop. 5,000) before it firmed up. In Northern California earlier this month, a mud slide in the Sierras buried a 1,000-ft. stretch of Highway 50 between Sacramento and South Lake Tahoe under 60,000 cu. yds. of mud, rocks and debris. Highway crews, unable to remove the rubble, are now paving over the roadblock, which runs 30 to 40 ft. high in some spots. Mail in the area is temporarily being delivered...
...followers of Prince Norodom Sihanouk. During the blitz, however, the Vietnamese aimed their fire not only at the insurgents but at unarmed civilians in both Kampuchea and neighboring Thailand. Hanoi's troops ventured a mile into Thai terrain and shelled several villages and a highway. Charges of atrocities grew last week as witnesses claimed that during the attack on O Samach, Vietnamese soldiers herded Kampuchean civilians into bunkers and then tossed hand grenades at them...
...same time, the Vietnamese have sent their troops a mile into Thai territory, directing artillery fire at Thai villages and shelling a highway. The Thais angrily responded by sending F-5E fighter planes to dislodge Vietnamese soldiers and by dispatching a note of protest to the United Nations, charging the Vietnamese with "unprovoked and blatant acts of aggression." In Bangkok, the ambassadors of Viet Nam and the Soviet Union, which supports Viet Nam, were summoned to the foreign ministry for a stern lecture...