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...Femme Fatale. That way, Abernethy is convinced, is to change the company's image. American has set out to strip the Rambler of the stodgy, maiden-aunt, economy image nurtured during George Romney's reign, and to surround it with the sporty accouterments and glamour that sell autos. Restyled Ramblers have already lost their boxy lines and blossomed forth in hard-tops and convertibles, with bucket seats, floor-mounted gearshifts and even a big, 8-cylinder engine that is definitely not economical. The fastback Marlin, introduced last March, is as sporty a car as Detroit manufactures today...
...will not be a Boston Booster. The maiden aunt of American cities may well have discovered a fountain of youth, but rejuvenation has not made her more attractive. It is not so much the appearance of the New Boston that grates as its spirit. The planners seem more intent on building an "All-American City" than in living up to John Winthrop's hope of creating a "City on a Hill...
...Even if you were drinking boer," said one indignant maiden yesterday, "they told you to stop. They've never done that before...
Still seeming oddly Inge-stained, Bus Riley tells of a sailor's return to a small Missouri town where his magnetic male presence delights his widowed mother, unnerves a maiden schoolteacher who boards with the family, and quickens the pulse of everyone he meets. Reluctant to resume his old job as an auto mechanic, Bus declines an apprenticeship with a homosexual undertaker and becomes a door-to-door peddler, sweeping bored housewives into his arms while whispering the praises of a new miracle cleaner. Next he lapses into adultery with his former steady (Ann-Margret), now married, of course...
...sophisticated humor is magnified, perhaps, by its novelty in an entertainment medium that has traditionally gone in for improbable adventure and is now up to its ears in the cold war world. Detective Dick Tracy, who once stalked gangsters on the streets, now marries Junior off to a moon maiden. Terry, who once snared pirates on the China coast, is now in the wilder blue yonder with an Air Force fighter squadron against the Viet Cong. Tired of designing fashions, Winnie Winkle has joined the Peace Corps, and is headed for underdeveloped Pornacopia. But Peanuts and pals are far removed...