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...Russians have a powerful ally: the U.S. Government, which supports the move if only because it would like Soviet permission to depart its own overcrowded Moscow chancery for roomier quarters. On that basis, a quid pro quo is the obvious solution. The Russians find it hard to understand the delay. Said one Soviet embassy spokesman last week: "In Moscow, if the government says O.K., then...
...instance, has added a four-door model (both side doors open dramatically away from each other without a center post) that lacks the sprung elegance of the smaller two-door style. Even Rolls-Royce boasts that the new Silver Cloud III (with its four Detroit-style headlights) is roomier than ever...
Nikolayev and Popovich said that they had come to within three miles of each other in space, but had not attempted an actual rendezvous because it was not a part of their assignment. Both spaceships were slightly roomier than those used by Yuri Gagarin and Gherman Titov, but the suspicions of U.S. scientists that Vostoks III and IV weighed approximately the same as the earlier models-some 11,000 lbs.-were confirmed. His craft "was designed for one person," declared Nikolayev. Though Tass had left the impression that the two cosmonauts had ridden their capsules...
B.M.C.'s competitors are rolling out new racy models. France's Renault has introduced the R-8, which looks like a squared-off Dauphine but is roomier and quieter. It also costs more ($1,400 in France for the R-8, v. $1,000 for the Dauphine). Speeding to 80 m.p.h. on a 48-h.p. engine, the R-8 is faster than the Dauphine, has four sports-car-type disk brakes...
...biggest TV advertiser, and pushes 30 other products ranging from Opel cars to Henkel soaps. In second place, with billings approaching $20 million, is J. Walter Thompson, which has helped to make the Ford Taurus Germany's hottest-selling medium-priced car, and has had to move to roomier offices seven times since it opened in West Germany nine years ago. Fastest growing of all is Young & Rubicam, which started in 1955 and has vaulted into the top ten among agencies by boosting its billings 300% this year to $13 million...