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...buff, had received an automobile as a present. This time the French decided to give him not one, but two: a Matra Simca Bagheera sports model and a Matra Rancho cross-country station wagon. But the new Soviet President was not pleased with the color of the trim on the wagon's seats (tan) and its exterior (green). Mortified French officials rushed the vehicle back to its manufacturer, where assemblymen worked frantically on reupholstery (brown) and a new paint job (blue...
Each year, the committee begins the selection process in September, soliciting suggestions for the honorary degrees awards from members of the Harvard community and alumni, and within a few weeks starts to trim down a list of more than 300 names...
Despite himself, Jordan's duties are inevitably piling up. Carter put him in charge of reorganizing the Executive Office of the President, a pet program that was heavily emphasized during the campaign. He has been instructed to trim the professional political staff by at least one-third. Yet the White House staff is 560 today, compared with 540 when Gerald Ford first took office. When White House and Office of Management and Budget aides presented a reorganization blueprint to Jordan, they voiced doubts that the staff numbers could be kept down once the next election neared. Perhaps, they suggested...
Farrah Fawcett-Majors, move over ... way over. Trim may be in almost everywhere, but when Chicago's big Carson, Pirie, Scott department stores staged a fashion show for what the industry delicately refers to as "half-size" women last week, there was ample evidence the company was on to something big. Five sturdy models-two professionals, three recruits-displayed summer wear in sizes from 16½ to 18½ (available sizes go up to 24½). Said Carson's fashion director Ardelle Tuma: "These women have been ignored as customers who want to buy fashionable clothes. There...
...with revenue returning to the consumer. 2) The Republican program pushes nuclear power more than the Carter plan. It calls for research into the reprocessing of spent nuclear fuel, continued development of the fast breeder reactor (all but buried by Carter) and stepped-up fusion research, which Carter would trim. It comes out strongly for developing geothermal energy, which the Government's own scientists regard as only marginally promising...