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...platter of preachy patter. In January, Powell bragged that the record would sell more than a million copies, earning him $280,000 in royalties. But-relative to Powell's boast-the record has bombed. At most, 103,000 have been sold, and sales now are down nearly to nil. At the Record Shack on Harlem's 125th Street, Manager Buddy Franklin said that even at $1.10 off the list price of $4.79, Faith has become a dust catcher. Potential customers rarely buy the record after listening to it. "After they hear it once," said Franklin, "who needs...
...than 52,000 road fatalities were suicides-or the unwitting victims of some other driver's suicidal impulse -range from less than 1% to about 10%. The evidence is almost always circumstantial, and the chance of identifying an automobile death as anything other than "accidental" is just about nil unless the suicide himself thoughtfully provides a note or blurts out his intent before he takes the wheel...
...Quid pro Nil. It was difficult not to conclude that Hanoi's aim is to induce Washington to end bombing of the North on a quid pro nil basis. Thant has already urged the U.S. to "show an enlightened and humanitarian spirit" by calling off the raids, "even without conditions," and the pressure from European capitals is intense. Said a U.S. official: "If Ho Chi Minh announces that his representatives are on their way to Geneva to meet with us, the pressure to stop bombing would be tremendous and perhaps irresistible." The Administration nonetheless is bent on resisting that...
...Longo moved up to board chairman and an aging interim director-general was named; Pagliazzi was made a deputy director-general, along with Lolli, who was running most of the bank's operations. Two weeks ago, Carli quietly informed Lolli that his chances of becoming director-general were nil; to solve the impasse the government will probably name another candidate...
...throaty voice is pleasant enough, but not even 135 lighting changes could disguise the fact that as a stage personality, she is strictly run-of-the-nil. But no matter; Rosemont has $50,000 tied up in Bobbe, and she is currently riding the crest of a super-promotion campaign that should carry her for months to come...