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...offensive in Dacca and other East Pakistani cities on the night of March 25, the Pakistan army imposed a virtual blackout on the brutal civil war in Bangla Desh (Bengal State) by expelling foreign newsmen. TIME Correspondent Dan Coggin, who was among them, recently trekked back from India by Honda, truck, bus and bicycle to become the first American journalist to visit Dacca since the fighting started. His report...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PAKISTAN: Dacca, City of the Dead | 5/3/1971 | See Source »

...truck. The chorus from press and TV remains pretty well unchanged, resembling the bleat of Orwell's sheep in Animal Farm: "Four wheels good, two wheels bad!" The image of the biker as delinquent will take a long time to eradicate. "You meet the nicest people on a Honda," proclaims the Japanese firm that has cornered nearly 50% of the bike market in the U.S.; but the general belief is that you still meet the nastiest ones on a chopper...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: MYTH OF THE MOTORCYCLE HOG | 2/8/1971 | See Source »

...same safety devices -seat belts, headrests, dual braking systems-that are put on models exported to the U.S. He also made the point that every time a Japanese company recalls its cars in the U.S.. it should be required to do so in Japan. The next day, Honda Motor Company recalled 63,000 cars sold in Japan for replacement of a defective clutch system. Honda executives said that the action had nothing to do with Nader's letter to Sato...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CONSUMERISM: Nader Samurai | 2/1/1971 | See Source »

Easy Living. For many Soul Alley AWOLS, the living is easy. Explained one: "You get up late, you smoke a few joints, you get on your Honda and ride around to the PX, buy a few items you can sell on the black market, come back, blow some more grass, and that's it for the day." Rent for the second floor of a brick house rarely runs to more than $40 or $50 a month, including laundry and housekeeping services. Hustling is the name of the game here. This gives everyone plenty of money for anything from soul...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: South Viet Nam: Soul Alley | 12/14/1970 | See Source »

...Kataoka, 53, spends the week doing public relations chores for the Ministry of Agriculture. But every Sunday during the harvest season, he becomes an Oriental Quixote-a tireless crusader against the urban sprawl that is fast destroying Japan's rural beauty. Armed with three cameras, he mounts his Honda and chugs off to perform his duties as president (and sole member) of the Japan Scarecrow Institute. His mission: to save and celebrate scarecrows, "the silent critics of this country's devastating environmental disruptions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Scarecrow Crusader | 11/9/1970 | See Source »

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