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...always, De Gaulle had spent several days preparing, honing and memorizing exactly what he wanted to say, but as always, he went through the formality of receiving questions from the floor, registering his comprehension of each with a grave nod or a murmured phrase ("très bieri"). When an editor asked him about his health...
...agency, cleared the way for Goulart's title to Cristalina ranch in Mato Grosso by convincing the former owners that their buildings would be burned to the ground unless they sold out at ridiculously low prices. The new government claims that Goulart got the 112,672-acre Fazenda Três Marias, another of his Mato Grosso ranches, free in return for giving the owner an interest-free $150,000 loan from the Banco do Brasil...
...which Leyland trucks would operate. Even with sports cars, the company has kept its sharp eye for local conditions; when it learned that the average age of the U.S. buyers of its TR3 was 47, it decided to put roll-up windows and more comfortable seats in its new TR...
...levers. Tachometers stare from dashboards to dazzle the Sunday driver with precious information as to how many revolutions per minute his motor is delivering. And where car nomenclature once connoted carriage-trade-victoria, brougham, landau-the new names and models now smack of high compression-Monza, Le Mans, J-TR, Spyder, Grand Prix...
...five." His biggest field day was at the Fieldcrest textile showroom, where he bought so fast and furiously that salesmen had to send out for more order pads. While inspecting samples, King Hassan's face would light up or turn somber as he pronounced his verdicts of "Très distingué!" or "Passé." The King was said to "adore prints" and bought a total of 5,000 items, ranging from king-sized bath towels, "in every color combination imaginable," to beach togas, robes and blankets...