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...chairman from 1967 to 1975. - Ranked by cars and trucks produced in 1981, the 15 largest vehicle manufacturers in the world are: GM, 6,240,380; Ford, 3,730,319; Toyota, 3,220,418; Nissan, 3,100,968; Volkswagen-Audi, 2,210,666; Renault, 1,810,365; Peugeot-Citroen-Talbot, 1,593,943; Fiat, 1,209,819; Toyo Kogyo (Mazda), 1,176,608; Mitsubishi, 1,094,793; Honda, 1,008,927; Chrysler, 1,002,464; Lada (U.S.S.R.), 830,000; Daimler-Benz, 712,315; Suzuki...
Atkinson attempts modernization, but his efforts lack consistency. Lacoste shirts for the virile sons of the Duke and frumpy Talbot's dresses for the more matronly characters, while externally updating the actors, do not make them any more believable down deep. The use of popular music at climactic scenes is likewise questionable: in the final scene, when vengeance is pounding recklessly towards fulfillment, the Talking Heads' "Psycho-Killer" erupts out of nowhere as servants sprinkle the grappling bodies with red glitter. The ploy only adds a dash of Saturday Night Fever to an already macabre event. And the updating...
...number-one, Sands-Beren doubles duo and the combination of Beckman-Wheeler each needed only two sets to topple Princeton's Talbot Davis-Steve Feinberg and Robertson-Ken Katz, respectively...
Singles--1. Howard Sands (H) d. Ted Farnsworth, 7-5, 6-1, 2. Mike Bodden (Pr.) d. Adam Beren, 6-2, 6-2, 3. Talbot Davis (Pr.) d. Warren Grossman, 6-3, 6-4, 4. Ken Katz (Pr.) d. Alex Seaver, 6-4, 6-2, 5. Dave Beckman (H) d. Chris Robertson, 4-6, 7-5, 6-4, 6. Steve Feinberg (Pr.) d. Robert Wheeler...
Today, 13 clever and elegant novels later, the question still stands. Loitering With Intent may be as close to an answer as Spark intends to give. Her heroine, Fleur Talbot, is an English writer not unlike herself starting out in a London bed-sitter three decades ago. She takes a job as secretary to a dotty group calling itself the Autobiographical Association, and quickly progresses from helping the members with grammar to embellishing and inventing the very lives they are recounting...