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...design autos that would sell better on the Continent. Harriman has also tailored his autos to continental tastes in less visible ways, e.g., learning that Germans like slow-revving engines, he heightened the gear ratios on the cars that he sent to Germany. Result: though B.M.C. must buck steep tariff walls so long as Britain is not a member of the Common Market, its exports to the Continent are running twice as high as they were a year ago, now exceed its sales...
Death Discovered. Peter Wallace, 19, Yale University junior and son of TV Interviewer Mike Wallace, missing on a European hiking vacation since Aug. 4; when his body was found at the base of a steep ravine near Corinth, Greece...
Dramatically Different. One design for a second house now making great strides in popularity throughout the U.S. is known, for obvious reasons, as the A-frame. Virtually nothing but a steep roof with glass at both ends, it is relatively easy to build and therefore economical. It is also versatile, as well as being dramatically different, both outside and in. But whatever the size or shape of his house-and whether he is tightening his budget or damning the expense-the contemporary owner of a second house usually expends as much care in its planning and construction as he would...
Though the villa also has an excellent view of the 13th century cathedral campanile and the town piazza, Jackie will have to drive about 20 minutes to get to its beach house, or else gingerly descend 282 steps carved into the steep rock. Aside from swimming from the rocks (there is no beach), she will certainly have a chance to water...
...states. There they stood awed and silent. All around were 14,000-ft. mountains covered with snow, aspen, blue spruce and Douglas fir; in the craggy heights roamed elk, bear and mountain sheep. The boys could tell it was no place for softies as they started trudging up the steep, three-mile road to a campsite high above the Crystal River Valley. Under the deep blue sky waited tents, blazing alpine meadows and leathery-faced instructors. "I hope you will enjoy your stay here," declared one instructor tersely, "but enjoyment will be a byproduct...