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...support for his Viet Nam policy among Jewish leaders. As reported in the press, it sounded as if he were criticizing the whole Jewish community and, worse still, threatening to link U.S. aid to Israel with Jewish support on Viet Nam on a quid pro quo basis. The tempest subsided only after United Nations Ambassador Arthur Goldberg had met with 40 Jewish leaders and assured them that the President was not trying to stifle dissent or equate U.S.Israeli relations with Jewish attitudes toward...
...economy, if only because the demand for capital is so intense. Thus the board has little room to tighten money further without kicking up the discount rate once again. That is a step which a majority of the board opposes, partly because it would stir up a political tempest, and partly because quite a few financial men recognize that the upward pressures on the economy are easing...
That was half a century ago. Today the posted speed limit on the Kansas Turnpike is 80 m.p.h. "Comet," "Tempest" and "Fury" are synonyms for "car." Legislators in Washington are worried about too much speed and too little safety, and the U.S. Automobile is praised more faintly than the Teen-Ager and the Pill. All of which is likely to make this year's 500, coming when it does, the most controversial ever...
Other than the Mustang, the best performers this year are sporty intermediate-size models and some luxury cars. The fastest risers-Chevelle, Chevy II, Tempest, Riviera, Fairlane, Lincoln, Belvedere, Coronet-were all restyled for '66. The largest numerical declines have been among some of Detroit's big, bread-and-butter cars-the Plymouth Fury, the standard Ford and G.M.'s Chevrolet. All of them had simply been face-lifted for '66, but they will be completely restyled for '67, thus may fare better...
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