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Despite a long-standing political rivalry between Mitterrand and Chirac, cohabitation has been more amiable than many French pundits had predicted. With last week's clash, however, both leaders signaled that there are limits to their reservoirs of amiability. "Cohabitation is a tandem bicycle," said Assembly Deputy Philippe Mestre in a clash of metaphors, "on which the two cyclists pedal in opposite directions...
...advantage was that since Allen-Bradley would be making entirely new + products, it could design them in tandem with the new assembly process. Moreover, by labeling each product at the outset with a computer bar code, Allen-Bradley could program its assembly line to vary the specifications; as a result, contactors and electrical relays can be tailored without slowing down the line...
Goizueta's second major Hollywood raid came last August with the $485 million buy-out of Embassy Communications and Tandem Productions. Embassy currently has five shows on the air, including Diff'rent Strokes, Silver Spoons and ABC television's surprise hit, Who's the Boss? More important, Embassy, which was formerly owned by Producers Norman Lear and Jerrold Perenchio, holds syndication rights to such shows as Maude, Sanford & Son, One Day at a Time and The Jeffersons. Mike Mellon, a vice president of research for Walt Disney Productions, estimates the value of Embassy's rights at $500 million...
...third doubles tandem of Peter Palandjianand Dave Clark took the court for Harvard againstPrinceton's Jeff O'Dwyer and Tom Steiglehner. TheCrimson netmen had played together for only twosets previously, but the lack of experienceplaying as a duo did not show...
...denounced U.S. black leaders for marching toward a "political Jonestown" of Government welfare dependence. Pendleton's fighting style has grown more visceral by the issue, so that even some who agree with him think he has lost effectiveness. Commission Member John Bunzel, who usually votes in tandem with the chairman, recently urged him to resign...