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...remains Pinto-sized by comparison, with sales of $1.2 billion in 1975, but output of its fast, sporty cars soared to 217,458, from 184,681 the year before. Like Daimler-Benz, BMW did not have to lay off a single worker during the recession and remained profitable, making $16.2 million in 1974. Even little Porsche, which sells a mere 180 cars a week (price range: $9,120 to $26,600), is confident enough to have embarked on a $55 million expansion program...
...Soviet T-34 tanks and helicopter gunships and spearheaded by Cubans, then rolled 200 miles beyond Huambo without opposition. The column occupied the major southern city of Sá da Bandeira (renamed Lubango), the Atlantic port of Moçâmedes, and a potential UNITA fallback headquarters at Serpa Pinto, putting them within 150 miles of the South West Africa border and the South African defense line...
...Chevette's competition will not come only from imports. Last week Ford announced the Pinto Pony MPG, sticker-priced at $2,895, $4 below the Chevette and now lower than any other U.S.-built car. In an obvious slap at GM, Ford President Lee lacocca added, "The back seat comes at no extra charge...
...admittedly rough) that the middle-of-the-road Popular Democrats and the Center Social Democrats would win 60% of the vote and the Socialists another 25%. But the Communists could conceivably enlarge their estimated 12% of the vote should other leftist groups swing their support to them. Says Francisco Pinto Balsemào, editor of the weekly magazine Expresso and a founder of the Popular Democrats: "The Communists have already imposed their view of socialism on the country through the Revolutionary Council and through nationalization. I'm a nonCommunist, not an antiCommunist. But I'm more inclined...
...explain what the election means, the Armed Forces Movement launched a program last month called dinamizaçã (dynamiza-tion). Army commandos with tanks, planes, trucks and landing barges went into remote regions, putting on exhibition maneuvers to get people together. Explains Captain João Carlos Albuquerque Pinto: "Our teams are apolitical. We only explain democracy. Later the political parties can reach the population themselves. We just tell the people that they can now speak freely because there are no secret police...