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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...
...HARD DAY'S NIGHT (NBC, 7:30-9:15 p.m.). Richard Lester's highly acclaimed musical fantasy tracing 36 hours in the lives of the Beatles...
Although Canada has had much entertainment lately - the glowing centennial of its independence, the excellent Montreal Expo, the amusing visit from Charles de Gaulle - its politics have been rather dreary. The Liberal government under Lester Pearson has gone quietly on its way, strengthening relations between French-and English-speaking Canada, expanding foreign trade, and boosting an economy that has been growing 6% a year...
...case, callow as their ideas sometimes are, the Beatles exemplify a refreshing distrust of authority, disdain for conventions and impatience with hypocrisy. "I think they're on to something," says their friend Richard Lester, 35, who directed their two films. "They are more inclined to blow away the cobwebs than my contemporaries...
Recipe for Orchestra. Since the Beatles gave up touring a year ago, each has had more freedom to tackle in dividual pursuits. John has a major acting assignment in the forthcoming Richard Lester film called How I Won the War; Paul tried his hand at a movie sound track and wrote a fine score for the current release, The Family Way. But their most rewarding activity is still as a group-making records...