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Where does all that leave the classic, distinctively American, roomy, powerful, glittering family car? In a state of suspended animation. No one can yet write its obituary: millions still roam the roads, and millions more will roll off assembly lines this year, even though they have become harder to sell. A resurgence cannot be ruled out either. City planners, traffic experts, sociologists and environmentalists may rejoice in the big car's difficulties. But surely the majority of drivers who are turning away from it are doing so more in sorrow than in anger, and would gladly turn back if costs...
Just as surfers roam the world in search of the perfect wave, glider people seek the perfect updraft-a magical surge of rising air that bestows a feeling of buoyant freedom. Thousands of Americans, from the mountainsides of Hawaii to the dunes of Cape Hatteras, are yielding to what Richard Bach calls "the real Jonathan Livingston Seagull who lives within...
Electric carts roam the passageways, pulling metal food trucks to the five houses that are served by the central facilities--Eliot, Kirkland, Winthrop, Lowell and Leverett. We saw a red stripe and the words "A Bad Ouch" marking potential head-bumping points in the tunnel...
...nation under siege. In Jerusalem the population goes indoors at sundown and stays there. The lights illuminating the walls have been shut off. Auto headlights are covered with blue paint and the windows are covered with whatever blackout material is at hand, often blankets and rugs. Blackout wardens roam the streets, warning offenders and making arrests...
...problems they face are immense. The nation is much more complex, much more politicized, much less tractable than it was when Perón last ruled. Marxists and fascists fight in the streets. Leftist guerrillas roam the cities and countryside alike, terrorizing public officials and business executives. In the past two years, there have been more than 200 kidnapings and about $80 million has been extorted in ransom money, chiefly from big business concerns. Some multinational corporations, such as Coca-Cola and Otis Elevator, have evacuated their executives. The economy is blighted. Between January and May, the cost of living...