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...billions needed for mass-producing a world car, but through their suppliers they can turn out a tremendous flow of parts in many countries. Says he: "This enormous access to components is the greatest strength of American efficiency in production." Japan's Takashi Ishihara, president of Nissan Motor, speaks as if the American challenge is a war. Says he: "We find ourselves on the eve of intense international competition with American automakers in the small-car market, which hitherto has been the Japanese makers' stronghold. From now on we will have to map out strategies on a global...
Though most recipients are Protestants, a Roman Catholic parish in Poland was smuggled a new motor for its pipe organ...
...behind this comic madness is the product of a comfortable but solitary upbringing. The last child of a Ford Motor Co. vice president, Williams grew up in Chicago, the Detroit suburbs and Tiburon, near San Francisco. When left alone, he summoned up his own world, maneuvering his toy soldiers and cloning his own versions of wacky Jonathan Winters characterizations like Maude Frickert. After two stabs at college in California, he moved to New York City to study acting. For spending money, he and a partner did white-faced comedy mime in front of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, occasionally matching...
...bill would not affect present laws permitting 18-year-olds to work in establishments that sell alcohol. It also provides that 20-year-olds who do not have a driver's license may get a special picture identification for $5 from the Registry of Motor Vehicles...
...psyched to hit Motor City and see what we can do," Thad McNulty said yesterday...