Word: peugeots
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Foreign producers are also unprepared for the demand. Major foreign bicycle names-notably England's Raleigh, France's Peugeot and Japan's diplomatically named American Eagle-account for one-third of the bikes sold in the U.S. Under pressure from Washington, American Eagle has been setting limits to its annual sales increases. Both the domestic and foreign companies are also struggling with a worldwide shortage of parts. Most bike hand brakes and gears are produced overseas, and until the manufacturers catch up with back orders there will be a brake on further expansion. Schwinn, for example...
...rigid and unsmiling as ever, they are beginning to show up at diplomatic receptions and are even inviting journalists to lunch. In Paris, at least, the Chinese diplomats seem to be slipping back into bourgeois habits despite the reindoctrination of the Cultural Revolution. The ambassador has exchanged his modest Peugeot for a Mercedes, which had been mothballed during the Revolution. The tight-collared Mao tunic is still the standard diplomatic uniform, though it is now smartly tailored and cut from serge instead of the customary baggy cotton. Beneath the diplomat's crisply creased trousers peep out not the proletarian...
...Salter, working from an Irwin Shaw short story, has kept the plot simple, concentrating on nuance of character and atmosphere. Taylor (Sam Waterston) and Bert (Robie Porter) are two decidedly American college boys touring Europe during the summer in a beat-up Peugeot. One morning in Florence's Piazza della Signoria, Taylor meets a bored and footloose English girl named Marty (Charlotte Rampling) who is alone on holiday and obviously receptive to some attractive company. She takes the boys to visit some jaded Italian friends; they respond by inviting her along on the remainder of their trip...