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...sign China and the Soviet Union have stopped supplying Hanoi with arms and other military aid--the one sector where Moscow and Peking could reinforce any advice urging a settlement. Informants said reports of China sending new contingents of engineers and road-menders into North Vietnam to repair bomb damage are inconsistent with the idea that Peking is urging Hanoi to come to a quick settlement...
...that they are deaf, pound on the wall. Or ring their doorbell and expostulate in calm, well-reasoned tones. If a bargain gadget advertised for sale turns out to be not as advertised, arm yourself with the advertisement and demand redress. Faced with an outrageous bill for a crankcase repair, demand to see the "flatrate manual" used in the trade to standardize prices for parts and the mechanic's estimated time per job. If a taxi driver or a waiter is obnoxious, do not just give him a meager tip-give him none at all. If you are elbowed...
...automotive pentathlon of starts and stops, cruising and idling, turning and backing up. Even so, company engineers must wait four months to get the results they want: a series of cars that have clocked 50,000 miles each of simulated commuter driving on Los Angeles freeways with almost no repair work. Only after the exhaust emissions from vehicles thus tested have been measured can the automakers know whether the engines scheduled for introduction the following September will meet federal antipollution standards...
...maintenance" on the test cars, presumably including engine tune-ups and replacement of points and plugs. Since the tests are specifically designed to measure emissions from cars that have been kept in less than topnotch condition-as will often happen when they get into buyers' hands-the unscheduled repair work threw a monkey wrench into Ford's results. Earlier the company had quietly withdrawn its application for engine approval from the Environmental Protection Agency, and last week it announced that four testing employees were being "reassigned." Growled an angry Henry Ford II: "It is fair...
...President's letter surprised Cardinal Cooke and embarrassed Rockefeller, who had backed a substitute bill permitting abortions up to 16 weeks after conception. The fury of pro-abortion forces ripped through Republican suburban strongholds and cut across party lines. In an effort to repair the damage, Presidential Assistant John Ehrlichman lamely explained that the unsolicited letter was meant to be private and had been released only because of "sloppy staff work." Few were convinced...