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Officially, the President pronounced himself "encouraged" by GM's mini-rollback. "I am confident," he said, "that this action will be but one of many examples of restraint by management and labor." Unofficially, Ford's economic advisers breathed a sigh of relief. In their view, the Chief Executive had taken an uncalculated, ill-informed risk that unnecessarily put his prestige on the line when the nation's economic woes could least afford a blow to the new Administration's credibility. It is clear that GM recanted mainly to get the new President off the hook...
...surprisingly, the new league has introduced a mini-galaxy of new stars. Bell Quarterback Jim ("King") Corcoran, a castoff from five N.F.L. teams, has finally found a home in Philadelphia with his shrewd passing game. In Birmingham, Matthew Reed, a black quarterback from Grambling, replaced the injured George Mira for two games and coolly led the undefeated Americans to late fourth-quarter wins...
CHINA. Kissinger's decision to stay at State was particularly reassuring to Peking; the Chinese had been concerned about the effects of Watergate on the relationship that is one of their safeguards against aggression by the Soviet Union. But the Ford Administration now must wait out a mini-Cultural Revolution and the uncertain fate of Premier Chou En-lai before it can tell what to negotiate next-and with whom...
...patrons in Australia's Queensland have long been accustomed to pass the time by tossing burning cigarette butts out the window, or Ping Pong balls, or whatever other small objects come to hand. Outside, likely as not, sits an all-purpose mini garbage-disposal unit called Bufo marinus, and the beer quaffers amuse themselves by watching this undiscriminating toad gobble up almost anything coming...
...more refined version with hems stopping just two inches below the knees. Dior's Marc Bohan played a variation on the theme, dubbed the Big Droop, while Cardin swooped in with an offbeat bat-winged dress featuring sleeves starting at the hem. Even Courreges, daddy of the mini, decorously draped the knee in this year's designs, threatening to leave mankind with nothing but fond memories of leg-watching...