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...Princess (Diana van der Vlis) makes a spectacular entrance riding a Honda montorbike in a sliver lame pants-suit with a blue choker and helmet. Rosaline (Denise Huot), in a navy blue suit and white boots, also arrives on a Honda (which, at the opening performance, nearly sailed over the footlights and into the audience), while the other two ladies, Maria (Kathleen Dabney) and Katherine (Marian Hailey), appear on foot. The Princess' courtier Boyet (Thomas Ruisinger), in a blue jacket with yellow handkerchief, white ducks, bow tie, and black-and-white shoes, is a U.S. Southerner with a duly droll...
...first two days, it was a matter of learning this sort of thing," said one Marine commander, Colonel Ernest Cheatham. "The Marines haven't fought a fight like this since Seoul, back in 1950." As more and more blocks fell to the Marines, they commandeered brightly colored Honda motorcycles, small buses and cars, to ferry themselves back and forth to the action...
Before last year, for example, the northern town of Yurimaguas could not boast a single motor vehicle. Last week trucks and buses rattled over its freshly concreted streets, stony-faced Indian women raced about on sleek Honda motorbikes, and stores were stocked with everything from American canned tomatoes to cold German beer. On down the road at Tarapoto, the local airport now handles more freight than any other in Peru except Lima. Along with Ford and Chevrolet agencies, Tarapoto has also sprouted no-parking signs and one-way streets...
Vital Issue. Most vocal in criticizing the autos from the East is British Motor Corporation. In January, Honda entered the British market with the 5800 sports car selling for $250 less than B.M.C.'s MGB. Now it will offer the N-360, an air-cooled two-cylinder car that even with extras sells for $140 less than B.M.C.'s comparable minimodel...
B.M.C., which claims that the Japanese cars are poorly trimmed and underpowered, has fought Honda's efforts to establish a dealership network. Says Lester Suffield, B.M.C.'s deputy managing director in charge of sales: "Of course we are getting tough. It has taken us 50 years to build up our sales network, and we don't intend to give one inch on this vital issue." Especially grating is the fact that the little Japanese cars coming into Britain pay a 22% duty, while mini-size cars entering Japan...