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...years since, the crooner has endured through a succession of other musical crazes to become an American institution-if one that almost went under in the first great waves of rock 'n' roll. In the last few years the crooner has come back stronger-and sleeker-than ever...
Competition has sharpened because U.S. companies in the past year have brought out sleeker and more comfortable compacts, which the increasingly style-conscious West Germans are switching to. Opel's sales jumped spectacularly in 1963's first three quarters-up 39% to 228,000 cars. The rise was led by its new Kadett model, which is 6 in. shorter than the standard VW but roomier inside, and sells in Germany for $1,269 v. $1,245 for the VW. Ford's best seller is its new Taunus 12M, which is 7 in. longer than the Volkswagen...
...Utah's Bonneville Salt Flats last week are handsomely restyled-the first major redesigning that he has been able to carry out since 1961, when he left the presidency of an outboard motor company and accepted the challenge to revive Studebaker. Six inches longer and somewhat sleeker, the cars have abandoned the boxy look of the earlier Lark line. Even the Lark name is being downplayed in favor of model names such as Challenger, Cruiser and Daytona. But the Studebakers will face fierce competition from Ford's sharply redesigned Falcons and the Chevy II, Dodge Dart and Chrysler...
...concern for love and money, in that order. But evil, when it is finally faced firmly by Mrs. Spark, comes in the form of lust, not for human flesh but for one of the club's principal assets -a taffeta Schiaparelli dress that is lent around among the sleeker girls for evenings on the town. Does lust for a Schiaparelli justify the burning of Eden? Is Author Spark just pulling the reader's leg? A final scene is not much help. In it, the vicar is told that his poetry-loving daughter believed in the existence of Hell...
...savings from his new assembly lines and cut prices to a point where his loss per car was $240. But sales zoomed from 1,500 a year to 65,000, and the losses were wiped out. Nuffieid (he got his viscountcy in 1938) later broadened his line with the sleeker Riley and sporty MG, eventually reached a yearly capacity of 150,000. Finally, in 1952, Morris and rival Austin merged to form British Motors Corp., now the world's eighth largest auto company. Less than a year later, still peppery at 75, the Viscount Nuffield retired...