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...rotary-engined Mazdas have been sold in the U.S. so far, but the company expects to snare 10,000 U.S. customers this year. Though the interiors seem cramped, the Mazdas are not cheap: $2,495 for the R-100 and $2,800 for the larger, more powerful RX-2. Their appeal lies in jackrabbit speed and smooth riding. The Mazda can accelerate from zero to 60 m.p.h. in 13 sec., and the faster the car is driven, at least up to 100 m.p.h., the quieter it sounds to passengers...
...Baby Patrick Fiorello Ginsburg has a most unusual code number. It is J64:Med23:G 13 and, in one man's brave new world, it will determine not only what Patrick eats and learns but also what his privileges and punishments will be (see BEHAVIOR, "Rx for Democracy...
When Roseberg tried to sell the invention to several major corporations, including Fairchild Camera & Instrument Corp., he met only indifference. Reluctantly, he turned again to Zeiger for financial help. They formed "RX COUNT Corp." in Hawthorne, Calif., produced 75 pill counters, and leased them to Los Angeles County drugstores for two years of testing and refining. Roseberg and Zeiger concluded that leasing would be more profitable for them and more convenient for many druggists, who are reluctant to buy new equipment outright...
Last winter, armed with testimonials from druggists, the two men contracted with McKesson & Robbins Drug Co. to market the pill counter nationally. Now 1,900 salesmen are distributing leases at $17.50 a month. RX COUNT has already signed 1,724 leases and its revenues are running at an annual rate of almost $362,000-just for openers. Negotiations to produce and lease the counter are going on in Canada, Europe, South Africa and Australia. Rose-berg, now 56, is talking about a model that will also package the pills, type the labels and present a bill to the customer...
...Rx: Take a Bath. The Sorbonne became a haven for many who were wounded during the riots and who feared police prosecution if they were taken to the hospitals. An emergency medical service was set up with its own ambulance brigade, composed of every imaginable sort of vehicle. It had its own nurses and doctors, many drawn from the medical school. In spite of unfounded rumors concerning venereal diseases and even plague, a professor at the School of Medicine who called himself Dr. Kahn (nearly everyone used pseudonyms for fear of police reprisals) had only one prescription to give...