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...after three years of Lindsay rule, New York is still in crisis. The streets are filthy, more than a quarter of all housing units in the city is sub standard. The crime rate has jumped by more than 50%. People are no less afraid than before...
...Administrations, Democrat and Republican alike, Nixon has placed a large number of businessmen high in the Government. His twelve-man Cabinet includes seven former bankers, corporate lawyers and business executives: John Mitchell, David Kennedy, George Romney, John Volpe, Walter Hickel, Maurice Stans and Winton Blount. Many businessmen now occupy sub-Cabinet posts that often were filled by professors and civil servants...
...this fall and eventually replace A.M.C.'s leisurely-selling $1,998 Rambler. General Motors is developing a model code-named the XP-887 and expects to have it in Chevrolet showrooms within 18 months. It will probably be smaller than the Maverick, and Ford is already designing a "sub-compact," the Phoenix, to counter the XP-887. Only Chrysler has yet to decide whether to enter the field...
...problems, and he has yet to produce anything resembling a full legislative program. He can move abruptly at times, however. He announced his plan to end Post Office patronage without consulting the congressional postal committees. While he had first counseled against haste in filling the more than 100 sub-Cabinet jobs still vacant, he ordered a speedup before leaving for Europe...
Arrayed before Don Vito like vassals at a feudal court are scores of coarsegrained characters who provide the sub-and sub-subplots that enable Puzo to illustrate the broad reach of the Godfather's influence. It is a mark of his power that he commands fierce loyalties because he treats his petitioners with respect-though they range from an obscure paisano seeking revenge for a damaged daughter to a famous Italian-American crooner who needs help to branch out into acting and producing...