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...knees, and flat, hooflike feet with rippled soles to give them traction. The legs operate in pairs, one leg of each pair supporting the walker's weight while the other leg is in motion. They are moved by battery-operated electric motors and controlled by a four-way lever that is so sensitive a multiple-amputee child can operate it with his chin...
...package settlement, the French let go of a lever that they had used to pry the farm deal out of the Germans, who want free exchange of industrial goods among the Six. The French agree to drop the remaining 20% tariffs on such goods by July...
...hairpin when his Canadian-owned Ford GT 40 careened into a phone pole and burst into flames. McLean died in the fire, but worse was to come. On the 200th lap, Pennsylvania's Mario Andretti tried to downshift his non-factory Ferrari from fourth to third, slammed the lever into first instead. The Ferrari spun, slewed into a speeding Porsche, and drove it off the track into a group of spectators-killing four of them...
...President does not consider the budget just a report on spending or an accounting of his stewardship, as it once was, but a powerful tool for controlling the whole Government and a potent instrument for manipulating the economy. Lyndon Johnson, who delights in making use of every available lever of power, has used the budget to further his own ends more than any of his predecessors. This-and the fact that the figures are bigger than ever-makes the budget for fiscal 1967 as fascinating as it is formidable...
...spawned a school of imitators, and 18th-place Grey, whose strong suit is marketing. Since last September Doyle Dane has received new billings worth $35 million from U.S. Rubber, Mobil Oil, Gillette, Ocean Spray, Bankers Trust-and only last week another $6,000,000 to $8,000,000 from Lever Bros. For the chief casualty, Foote, Cone & Belding, the switch meant the loss of more than $12 million in billings for such products as JellO, S.O.S. scouring pads and Kool-Aid. Outwardly, executives managed to keep their cool, if not their Kool-Aid; playing the never-ending game of Madison...