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...telephone sales tactics. During one 30-day period, the Detroit office made more than 50,000 long-distance calls; prospects were harassed with what Noel Fox, a Detroit federal judge, called "unrestrained and unambiguous predictions of certain or enormous profits." Salesmen were driven hard: sometimes, men wearing gorilla and Superman suits pranced around urging them to boost orders...
...will it all end? "The last victor is always the one with the most resources," observes a diplomat in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. "The Somalis control the Ogaden, but how will they maintain it? The Somali people now think the W.S.L.F. is some kind of superman. There will be great disillusionment if the front should lose." Perhaps, as has happened so many times before, the war will end in a stalemate of exhaustion. But given the passions of the Ogaden, the chances are that, after an interval, the fighting will begin again...
...turns out to be Patrick Wayne--son of the old man of the cinematic West. Catherine Guinness simpers her way through their conversation with unoriginal remarks like "Maybe stardom isn't all it's cracked up to be?" Then she gushes unabashedly "You're better looking than the new Superman." He swallows her flattery greedily and easily...
When describing the various feats Superman [Aug. 1] is to perform in the movie, your article casually made mention of his flying round the world in 90 sec. with Lois Lane in his arms. It all sounds romantic I grant you, but anyone else would realize that this stunt is impossible-if not for Superman, then certainly for Miss Lane...
Given an arbitrary height of 300 ft. at which to fly, the distance traveled in 90 sec. would be a mere 25,000 miles. To make it in the alloted time, Superman would have to travel at a cool 1 million m.p.h. This may be within his capacity, but Miss Lane could never survive. The air friction at that speed would reduce her to a pile of red-hot carbon ash and cruelly terminate her affair with our red-caped hero. Finally, it is unlikely that Superman and his lady love would even stay in earth orbit at the speed...