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Ironically, Switzerland is a minimodel for the new confederal Europe. No melting pot here; instead it is a patchwork stitched together for common convenience -- and prosperity -- with each part retaining its distinctive culture and mores. There is no center, no dominating commercial or political capital. Power here is even more discreet than money, and like money in this richest of all European countries, it is spread around...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Switzerland: Angst Rises In the Alps | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

Sawed-Off Mustang. Detroit's new cars, by contrast, will be manufactured entirely in the U.S. and Canada. Ford plans to have its minimodel on the market next April, and General Motors expects to introduce its version in the fall of 1969, at the same time dropping its slow-moving Corvair. American Motors also hopes to produce a small car next year, provided that it can hold down the tooling-up costs. The only automaker without a domestic minimodel in the works is Chrysler, which instead has decided to consider development of what it calls a "world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Homebred Mini-Models | 8/23/1968 | See Source »

...Motor Corporation. In January, Honda entered the British market with the 5800 sports car selling for $250 less than B.M.C.'s MGB. Now it will offer the N-360, an air-cooled two-cylinder car that even with extras sells for $140 less than B.M.C.'s comparable minimodel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Threat from the East | 11/3/1967 | See Source »

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