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...Mint condition. Immaculate. Owned by a little old lady in Pasadena, who drove it only to the bank. Despite those chromy come-ons for used cars, trouble often lurks under the hood. An estimated 50% of used autos suffer mechanical failures within 45 days of the sale. To make car shopping safer for consumers, the Federal Trade Commission in 1981 devised a rule that ordered dealers to disclose a car's known defects on a window sticker. But last week the FTC staff relaxed its requirements...
...three columns and two TV slots a week come first. Writer's block? No such luxury is permitted. If there is an idea whirling around in her head, it's a great day. If not, she checks notes she has written to herself "on breath-mint wrappers, blank checks and hotel stationery." She relies now more on narrative than on the famous one-liners she fired off as a beginning columnist "because I was afraid people wouldn't wait for the story...
...Mint has struck some handsome coins over the years, the buffalo nickel and the Kennedy half-dollar among them. But the Government's 1984 silver dollar, designed to commemorate the Summer Olympics, is drawing a chorus of catcalls. One side of the dollar, portraying a bald eagle, is pleasing. But the opposite, or "heads" side, contains no heads at all. It features the bare torsos of a male and a female athlete, apparently standing atop the Los Angeles Coliseum, the principal site of the Games. Sniffed Coin Columnist Ed Reiter: "It is quite possibly one of the ugliest coins...
...design could hurt sales of the noncirculating, 90%-silver coin. The Government plans to mint almost 5 million; it will offer them to collectors at about $30 apiece and will donate $10 of each sale to the U.S. Olympic program. The Mint is also commemorating the Olympics with its first gold piece since 1933, a $10 one of separate design that will sell for $352, with $50 going to the Games...
...precious-metal coins have been slow movers. Officials at the Mint blame that mainly on weak marketing, and will try to boost sales next month by offering the coins through banks and thrift institutions...