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Lynx v. GMini. G.M. may recoup in this market when it introduces a new small car this summer. The car, so far called the XP-887, was late in getting an official name. G.M. President Edward Cole wanted to call it the "Lynx," while Chevrolet's general manager, John Z. DeLorean, held out for "GMini." As of last week the final choice had not yet been made known...
...eagerness to recoup the situation, the White House hurriedly revealed that at least 26 American civilians had died one way or another in the Laotian war. They included three members of the International Voluntary Service, a Peace Corps-style group supported in part by the State Department. The others worked for Air America, the CIA's Asian airline. Moving further, the President ordered U.S. commanders to report air and ground casualties incurred from hostile enemy action in the Laotian war separately from the Viet Nam totals, in which they had always been included...
...Even if these new "West of Suez" alliances do not presage formal political ties, however, they set the stage for close military and economic cooperation with Libya and the Sudan. On top of that, having lost considerable prestige at the recent Arab summit in Rabat, Nasser was seeking to recoup it amidst the cheering Libyans and Sudanese...
Last year in Texas, 44 paintings in the collection of Dallas Oilman Algur Hurtle Meadows turned out to be phonies. Most duped collectors are usually so sore in their pride that they say nothing or try to recoup quietly. Others, who have unwittingly donated forgeries to museums for big tax write-offs, discover that discretion is the better part of value. Not A. H. Meadows. After publicly calling himself "Mr. Sap," he pressed charges. Investigations led to the discovery of one of the most successful art swindles in modern history...
Unfortunately, the brochure epitomizes the unfolding fate of unguarded land in Vermont-and much of the U.S. as well. If Whitingham Developer Clifford Jarvis sells 300 lots, he will recoup his initial investment of $1.5 million. He has a lot to do-building those covered bridges, for example, and draining a pond now full of beaver ("We'll have to kill them"). When his work is finished, says Jarvis, "I personally have no intention of staying in Vermont...