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...headlines screaming from the Italian newspapers, angry demonstrators on the march, and the spectacle of grim-faced political leaders huddling long into the night. Yet the storm gathering force last week in Italy was more ominous than any of the change-of-government crises that have preceded it-on the average of one every ten months since 1946. Amid the worst violence to erupt in the country in five years, the 18-month-old minority government of Premier Giulio Andreotti, faltering for weeks, slid toward all but certain collapse. Andreotti was expected to submit his resignation to President Giovanni Leone...
...turned to the skies for inspiration and found it-on a helicopter tour that took them over an old terminal building with a five-acre roof. In October, the Penthouse Tennis Club-eight clay courts that are thermostatically heated, lit by soft overhead lamps and maintained by a full-time staff-will open for business at the foot of Manhattan. (Seven more courts will open later.) Some would-be tennis players may find the yearly membership fees (ranging up to $500 per person) a bit steep for a maximum of one hour's play a week. Let them play...
...than a postcard (4½ in. by 3½ in.). Made by Japan's Sony, Micro-TV produces a snapshot-clear picture, weighs only 8 Ibs., and can operate on house current, a rechargeable battery pack, or-in states where the law allows it-on the juice from an auto cigarette lighter socket. One of Micro-TV's neatest features is its view-ability at less than arm's length on office desk or bedside table; there are also auxiliary earphones for private listening. Price: $229.95, plus $39.95 for battery pack, $17.95 for auto adapter...
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