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...three new publishers of the Harbus are Amy Longsworth, Dorian Klein, and Susan Lyon...
...boardrooms of East Coast conglomerates. There, his minimoguls weep, curse and whisper. The reason? Actor Cliff Robertson had informed authorities that a $10,000 check was forged by Begelman. Why, insiders wondered, had the six-figure-salaried studio chief, a former talent agent and model for the ruthless Lyon Burke in Valley of the Dolls, not merely borrowed the money...
Among the olive-drab trains herded in the gloom of Paris' Gare de Lyon, the newcomer stands out like a peacock in a barnyard. Low-slung, sleek and chic, a space-age apparition in orange, gray and white, this peacock can fly. It is the fastest train on earth, capable of 236 m.p.h...
...first 78 miles of its run to Lyon, it traveled the French National Railroads' regular tracks at conventional speed (max: 100 m.p.h.). In the comfortable, soundproofed cars, the only noises were the quiet hiss of air conditioning, the strains of Chopin-and the popping of champagne corks. Then, at Saint-Floren-tin, came the announcement: "We are entering the new section of track. Our speed will be 260 kilometers [162 miles] per hour...
...minutes ahead of schedule, the train purred into the station at Lyon. The 265-mile trip, ordinarily 3 hrs. 48 min., had taken 2 hrs. 30 min. By the end of October, 38 TGV trains will be in daily operation. In 1983, TGV track will extend to Marseille, a 4 hr. 50 min. ride that will trim two hours off the present schedule. Eventually Le Train will run west to Rennes and Nantes and perhaps one day north to Brussels and London, if a channel tunnel is built...