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...cars tested by Dr. Allen had bright chromium trim in the driver's held ot vision. Even small bits of brightwork, such as chromium windshield wipers or decorations on the dash, can reflect sun light and cause spots of glare. Attempts to express the space age in instrument panels end with the instruments poorly grouped. Their needles or other indicators are hard for many drivers to see Many new car models share a common feature: a hood that covers the instrument panel so that its lights will not reflect at night in a stylishly sloping windshield. Under many daytime...
...American block against learning languages is about to be assaulted by a couple of almost irresistible invitations to speak French. Due soon on U.S. TV screens are two sets of language teaching films, both particularly strong on the femine gender. In one series the teacher is trim Actress-Playwright Maria Mauban; the other displays British Cinemactress Dawn Addams, looking marvelously unacademic in a pair of black tights. And all either series asks of the televiewer is to learn French. Eh bien, pourquois...
...instead of slashing it to 642,000 -turned out to be no concession at all. The ranks at present total only 665,282 men (389,738 in the Guard and 275,544 in the reserves), and stringent new physical and proficiency requirements also announced by McNamara should trim the total even more. Half a dozen Governors voiced objections; Oregon's Republican Mark Hatfield called it a "blackjack effort." But there seemed little doubt that McNamara's plan would go through...
...company's gross, eventually will bring in more than 50% of it. But he says: "The restaurants will always remain the hallmark of our quality." He personally intends to see that they do. And he has his own special means for keeping his waistline in fighting trim for all those calorie-loaded inspection trips: when not on the road or entertaining guests, he usually lunches at his desk on buttermilk and crackers...
...million that they pumped last year into the real estate empire of Manhattan's William Zeckendorf, 57, his new British partners extracted one condition: "From now on, anything we don't like won't happen." In response, aggressive Bill Zeckendorf, who had been keeping in fighting trim by agilely staying one step ahead of his creditors, earnestly promised to indulge in "less shooting from the hip." Longtime students of the Zeckendorf saga wondered just how long Bill Zeckendorf could stay away from grandiose real estate projects...