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...method for House selection may, to a large extent level out the ratio inequities. House masters can no longer personally select any of the incoming House occupants. A slick new computer and a slick new system are helping to erase stereotypes that still exist among the Houses. The computer also attempts to alleviate the discontent of those who get stuck in a House in which they had no desire even to eat, much less live...
...papers formally, and Congress had passed a law prohibiting tax deductions for that kind of gift made after July 25, 1969. Nevertheless, DeMarco, who was Nixon's tax attorney, got in touch with Newman, a well-known appraiser of historical papers, in late March and asked him to select papers for deeding to the U.S. in a hurry...
...Kiel shipyards produce "special ships" (read: submarines) for Latin America, while the state-owned Fritz Werner corporation exports entire ready-to-roll munitions factories. Bonn's Leopard tank is highly regarded: Washington may test an advanced Leopard, along with prototypes by General Motors and Chrysler, in a competition to select the U.S. Army's main battle tank for the 1980s...
...want a President they can trust and the long lanks. Lincolnesque Muskie ("Trust Muskie" was his slogan in '72) does his best to remind voters of "Honest Abe." Surely, Democrats predict, if the public has a choice in 1976 between a new Lincoln and a used Ford, voters will select the newer model; clearly. Democrats reason, a car that hugs the middle of the road will be more popular than the used Ford brought to us by the man whom no one would trust to sell a used car, Richard Nixon...
Loose Ends. Alice is Burstyn's own project. Two years ago, she found Writer Robert Getchell's script and persuaded Warner Bros, to put up a $2.1 million budget for it. She picked her own director, Mean Streets' Martin Scorsese, and helped to select cast and crew. Major portions of the script were reworked on the basis of her improvisation sessions with other cast members or her own experience. Although the film, like its central character, seems completely at loose ends, it opened last week to favorable reviews and long lines. Whether or not it brings Burstyn...