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...this brief but dense book, Handlin and his wife tackle issues of power, space, family relations, conceptions of rights and religion in pre-revolutionary America, and throughout, a thousand little anecdotes from every colony and every time illustrate their points...
...tricky part will be to increase manufacturing output by several hundred thousand cars a year without building any more factories. Chrysler remains cautious about undertaking new construction because it still remembers the overcapacity that smothered the company during the crisis years. Instead, Chrysler has been busy renovating old plants and even taking the unusual step of subcontracting its assembly work. When Chrysler officials took notice of unused capacity at an American Motors assembly plant in Kenosha, Wis., they hired AMC to start building cars like the Chrysler Fifth Avenue there. Chrysler has embraced high-technology equipment in its operations...
Another promising answer to fundamental differences may lie in an emerging agreement on one basic. A number of cities are turning up evidence that most youngsters are looking for an excuse to abstain. In 1980 the teen services program at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital found that of the thousand or so girls under age 16 it saw each year, the overwhelming majority (87%) wanted to learn how to say no without hurting anyone's feelings. Grady responded with a program for eighth-graders called "Postponing Sexual Involvement." It is now taught in 23 Atlanta-area schools, focusing on decision...
...profits and weary of accusations that it produces bland, look-alike autos, the company decided that it needed to give car buyers a peek at coming attractions. In a surprise marketing step, GM's Chevrolet division announced it would supply Avis, National and other car-rental agencies with several thousand advance models of its 1987 Corsica sedans and Beretta coupes. GM hopes that the cars, to be available for rent about three months ahead of their official March 12 debut, will turn some heads. The spiffy Chevrolets (estimated price: $8,500) represent GM's strongest answer yet to the popular...
Person Two: "Well O.K., but I have a lot of work to do. See, I have this ten thousand page essay due tomorrow and I haven't started. Well...