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Television's summertime miniseason is even more mini than usual this year. The 16-week Writers Guild of America strike, settled six weeks ago, reduced both the quantity and quality of new summer-replacement shows. With fresh scripts unavailable, CBS opted out of the season altogether; ABC and NBC scrimped up four and two new entries respectively. Most of them reinforce the notion that summer is the time to enjoy the great outdoors. A sampling...
...Ferdinand Marcos, the dictator of the Phillipines, is another mini-Nixon from the Third World. Marcos declared permanent martial law last year to deal with a 'nattonal emergency,' an uprising among allegedly 'Moslem fanatics' in the southernmost island of the nation. Although news reports from the revolutionary zones have been scarce, it seems reasonable to surmise that something more than a mere religious quarrel is prompting the revolt...
...foreign inflow has been generally well received by American businessmen, but hints of corporate xenophobia are cropping up. Last week U.S. steelmen, ignoring the enormous presence of American business round the world, began to grumble about the competition that they may face from an $18 million mini steel mill being built for a Japanese consortium in Auburn, N.Y. Yet the surge in direct foreign investment is a golden boon for the U.S. It will help offset the persistent deficit in the nation's balance of payments and provide new technology for the American economy. How do American workers shape...
...that can almost double the price of a $2,200 subcompact. The extras include "deluxe" gas caps, fake woodgrain treatments for station wagons, air conditioning and more powerful (and gas-thirsty) engines. For $300, Custom-glass, Inc., of Costa Mesa, Calif., will even convert a Ford Pinto into a "Mini Mark IV" Continental by revamping its rear end and giving it a nose bob. Why go to all that bother to doll up a compact with all the frills? Detroit's backseat psychologists have this explanation: the U.S. consumer figures that buying a small car makes sense both economically...
...from voting against Brandt, but did so, he insisted, for ideological reasons, not for money. But then, a la Watergate, bits and pieces of evidence surfaced. The national daily Die Welt reported that shortly after last year's crucial Bundestag vote, Steiner bought himself two Mercedes and a Mini-Cooper...