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Ford agrees to Pinto payout...
Many of the magazine's most touted coups, such as the Pinto and dangerous-exports stories, were written by Publisher Mark Dowie, 41, who will depart next month to take a trip around the world. His replacement is Jacques Marchand, 42, publisher of Marxist Perspectives (circ. 6,000), a scholarly quarterly based in New York City. Marchand, who will be paid $37,500 a year, aims to boost advertising but admits, "Nobody is ever going to get rich from this magazine...
Mother Jones' covers can be blatantly sensational (the 1977 anti-Pinto effort featured a woman trapped in a burning car), and some critics complain that the magazine gives more flak than fact. Contributors, paid $700 to $1,000 for feature-length articles, are known for their ponderous prose. Explains Dowie: "When they should have been in class learning to write like William Buckley and George Will, they were on the front lines...
...BOYS in Hollywood pride themselves on being able to predict the future. A few years ago--before the DC 10, Three Mile Island and the Ford Pinto entered their current slump--the batboys of the celluloid ballpark elected a new captain. His name was Irwin Allen and his product was the disaster movie. Only one of every 5000 people will ever experience an earthquake, fire, avalanche, sea wreck or airplane crash, Allen reasoned--why not give everybody the thrill of seeing (and feeling) it like it really...
...version of the company's 50 m.p.g. Mini Metro model being introduced this summer. The droop nose helps save gas by reducing aerodynamic drag, but the real secret behind the experimental ECV lies underneath-a novel three-cylinder engine. The ECV body, about the size of a Ford Pinto, is bantam weight. Bereft of bumpers and stripped of all interior furnishings except for the drivers seat, the test car tips the scales at 1,320 lbs. The body is constructed largely of lightweight aluminum and plastic. The windows are made of Perspex, a plastic that is lighter than glass...