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...estimates that in only 41 of the nation's 3,000-odd counties will motorists have to drive more than a few miles to find unleaded gas. Agency officials also note that 300,000 small nozzles have already been produced and are in wide distribution. In a pinch, any stations that cannot get the small nozzles can pump the new fuel through standard nozzles and a funnel into 1975 cars. That leaves one further problem: Many gas stations that have only two pumps will not add a third to dispense unleaded, but will drop premium gas in favor...
...interest rates stay at their present levels for a long time and the credit pinch intensifies, much more serious strains on the economy could result. Already the cash ratio-money available compared with debt-of U.S. corporations is down to its lowest level since World War II at least. In this year's first quarter, corporations had only 17c in cash for each $1 of current debt, a drop of 3? from the end of 1972. As yet, no bankruptcies as spectacular as the 1970 crash of the Penn Central are in sight; but if the squeeze continues, even...
...imitations of Haydn and early Beethoven. Yet compared with the efforts of other American composers at the time, they are notable in their harmonic freedom, improvisatory style and whimsical subject matter. Epitaph on Joan Duff, for example, is the sweet-and-sour tale of a woman who took a pinch of snuff and sneezed herself to death. This is fascinating Americana, but it is a pity that printed texts of the songs are not provided...
Gleaming Speedster. "I can let my hair down at Del Rio's," Jackson says. "The place is like an amusement park." When he is not speeding off on one of Del Rio's roaring motorcycles or playing pinch and tickle with a girl in the middle of a stack of tires, Jackson exchanges stories with Tony and the boys or busies himself rebuilding the motor on his 1940 Chevrolet...
...UMass touched Pura for two runs in the eighth and four in the ninth on Pete Backstrom's double and the four-bagger by Mundalto. With one out in the tenth and the ducks on the pond for the Minutemen, pinch designated hitter Oscar Fontaine rapped a single to hand Pura the loss...