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...could deal from a new position of strength with the Rhodesian rebels, who had been stalling in hopes of a Tory victory. For his part, Ian Smith seemed content enough to explore the possibility of escaping from an increasingly uncomfortable domestic situation, which last week saw the price of petrol increase another 17?, to 84? per gal. The discussions, expected to last for at least two weeks, were mainly on practical procedural matters, such as an agenda for possible full-fledged negotiations and whether Rhodesia would be required to renounce its independence before any official conference could begin. Neither side...
...still far from over. Independent gas suppliers are growing increasingly aggressive; some of them push their products by using beautiful girls as station-to-station salesmen. "Pirate tankers"-large tanker trucks with two full-sized petrol pumps attached to the rear-now tour main roads to sell motorists cut-rate gas as they speed to work or sporting events. Roadside operators have also begun to buy "distress lots" of ungraded gas and sell it cheaply under such names as "Zoom" and "Whoosh." Some of it is only 60 octane, hardly enough to run a sewing machine-but the British motorist...
...Thank you for the two gruesome closeups [TIME, May 28]. The headless, body with the cavernous trachea is a masterpiece. Your well-balanced shot of the young marine bleeding all over the petrol tank is also appealing. Mind you, I've noticed that some of the more squeamish journals invoke the same feeling of revulsion with good prose. I would rather have my horror pictorially, so please don't go highbrow and use the English language. Keep at it with your candid" camera...
...visited him at his home outside London, "the dreary pudding or pie of which a quarter or half had been consumed at dinner reappeared on the table the next day with its ravages unrepaired." He had a "passion for motoring," and he indulged it "to the last drop of petrol of any visitor's car." He was a hypochondriac and a fussbudget and noticeably thin-skinned where criticism of his work was concerned. But he was also the "greatest talker" she had ever...
...less lyrical recipient was Donald Carswell '50, whose often reprinted CRIMSON article Beating the System gained him the 1951 award. Beating the System is most frequently seen as a stormy petrol before the onset of exam period, and begins memorably, "This article is designed to explain how to achieve an answer to the examination problem by the use of the vague generality, the artful equivocation, and the overpowering assumption...