Word: modell
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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From the first, the powers have been there for a strong President to use. When the Swiss examined the U.S. Constitution as a possible model for their own 1848 charter, they rejected it on the grounds that the presidency is a "matrix for dictatorship." Nonetheless, even the most activist Presidents have run into brick walls. "Lincoln was a sad man," F.D.R. once said, "because he couldn't get it all at once. And nobody can." At the end of one of his poorer days, Truman growled over a bourbon and water: "They talk about the power of the President...
...reporter (Yves Montand) who perpetually roams from his aging wife (Annie Girardot) on journeys to the Congo or the Orient, searching for stories. Though he apparently has his pick of every female in Paris, Montand eventually limits his love life to two: Girardot and a beautiful but blank American model (Candice Bergen). Considering the women's performances, the choice is roughly comparable to claret v. Coca-Cola; inexplicably, he chooses Coke...
Ironically, Mercedes has also been getting a lot of speed from its go-slow policy of production, which has never quite matched demand. A big item in its current surge is its Model 250 sedans, which boast 2.5 liter engines and price tags of $4,000 and up. Introduced in early 1966, the popular 250 drew a two-year order backlog. That has kept production humming while competitors like Volkswagen have been forced to cut back...
Thus its customers, ranging from the burghers who buy $2,750 Model 200 sedans to the big business "Herr Direktors" who cruise in 20-ft., $16,000 Grand Mercedes limousines, are least hurt by the recession...
...further exploitation of the AH-56A design. Company Chairman Daniel J. Haughton thinks there will be a good foreign market for the Cheyenne, and Lockheed engineers are already studying a 30-passenger commercial version called the CL-1026 for intracity travel. Beyond that, the company envisions a 90-passenger model that could cruise at 500 m.p.h. over a 500-mile range...