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Choreographer Michael Kidd has designed some charming and witty dance routines. Hotspots: a clever production number, kidding the Mickey Spillane type of literary hopheadiness; a moony little foxtrot through Central Park; a raucous hit of pedal jabberwocky by Astaire at a 42nd Street shoeshine stand...
...older, U.S. cars. Their high-geared steering, a feature of road racers, is as hard as a truck's but very responsive, and they are famed for the way they hold the road. Each model has such features as self-lubrication (at the press of a foot pedal), independent suspension of all four wheels, handwork on such parts as polished wood dashboards and door frames. Daimler-Benz sticks stubbornly to heavy, solid steel, though many other makers have switched to lighter frames. Says Chief Designer Fritz Nallinger: "Mercedes is built to last...
Incidentally, the winner of the pedal-pusher's race will also receive a new bicycle...
...kiss is first prize in the traditional pedal race from Harvard to Wellesley. Eighteen grueling miles will be furiously covered by cyclists eagerly viewing for the grand prize. It is expected that the time that an automobile takes to make the trip (40 minutes) will be cut nearly in half...
That is why it is so disturbing that, just as the peace through strength policy is beginning to pay dividends, there has been a growing desire to soft-pedal this whole policy. Scarcely two days after the Communists gave in on the prisoner issue, Congressmen began to talk up large cuts in the defense budget. At least two billion seems sure to go, with more slices in the offing. Secretary Dulles has quietly scuttled the Point Four program. The NATO countries seem to have lost the will to agree, they are certainly not meeting their manpower quotas...