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Camels with the Corvina. Latin Americans may differ on politics, on soccer stars, on blondes v. brunettes. But smuggling is the great leveler and common denominator. Domestic indus tries cannot supply the varied needs of the developing countries, and protective governments aggravate the shortages by slapping prohibitive tariffs on imports. The official purpose seems noble: to help fight inflation, make domestic goods more competitive, and generally steer economies along tried and proven channels. In the Dominican Republic duties average 70% of value; in Colombia they run up to 150% on some items, while Argentina charges 200% on such treasured goods...
...Germany are scores of new designs, ranging from conventional single-engine "bush" planes through corporate-size jets to medium-range airliners. But, though the Hamburger Flugzeugbau's new executive jet will make its maiden flight next month, most German planemakers are beginning to realize that the German aircraft indus try faces almost overwhelming competition in the present crowded world market. Their best bet, as they see it, is to try somehow to weather their present crisis by getting more licensing work. Meanwhile, hoping to get the jump on others, they plan to concentrate on bringing out the radically...
...world's leading indus trial nations, Japan has smarted at be ing kept out of the exclusive club of industrially advanced countries: the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Started after World War II and reorganized under its pres ent name three years ago, the O.E.C.D...
...feeding device that prevented ink from leaking when the pen was stored upright in a user's pocket. He kept adding technical improvements, caught the public fancy with such gimmicks as the showy orange and black Duofold pen that be came the raccoon coat of the pen indus try in the 1920s, and soon was leading all the world's penmakers in sales-a distinction his company still holds. Over the years since then, his company has introduced the first pen with a metal cap, the first pen that could fly (could be used in an airplane without...
...recorder was a hit with indus try; Scientific-Atlanta hoped to sell 50, instead has so far sold 752 (at $4,300 each) to such companies as General Electric, Sperry Rand and Bell Labs. Its staff has grown to 40 engineers and 260 other employees, who now make testers for almost any antenna from TV to military fire control, and its success has attracted venture capital from Rockefeller Bros., Inc., put up at Laurance Rockefeller's recommendation. "Space activity," says Robinson, "has given this field a big boost. There is no other way to communicate with a space vehicle...