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...proposed price boost on 1973-model cars, even though the increase seems justifiable under the guidelines of the Government's own Price Commission. By week's end he had won a partial victory. General Motors, whose price moves are usually followed by the other automakers, offered to trim its increases by more than a third, to an average $59 per car or truck. Ford soon followed suit, offering to roll back its price hike to $59 also...
VIEWING THE OFFERINGS one at a time, there are some exceptional pieces. Russian peasants are reknowned for their wood-carving skills, and I was happy to find a few segments of intricately-sculpted decorative house trim, plus about 30 wooden distaffs (for spinning wool into yarn). Half the distaffs are covered with figures of birds, animals, and fanciful arabesques in bright tempera; the others are blond wood so delicately carved that they give the impression of lace. A great find was a group of clever toy whistles made by craftsmen in the Arkhangelsk and Tula regions from 1890 through...
...high, Eunie baby," Sargent Shriver shouted as Eunice smashed a drive out of bounds. Surprisingly trim at 56, Shriver was engaged with his wife Eunice in a spirited, Kennedyesque Saturday-morning doubles match at their home in Hyannis Port on Cape Cod. A houseboy brought news that Senator George McGovern was on the phone. Without pausing, Shriver served, played out the point, finally stroking a shot weakly into the net. Only then did he casually walk off the court to take the call...
...Kennedy, who wrote the cover story, Fischer's rough edges and temperamental demands mean only that he is in fighting trim. Fischer is usually at his best while complaining, says Kennedy. Kennedy himself has been a chessophile since the age of nine, and still spends an occasional evening at an all-night chess parlor...
...store rings up $25,000 in sales a week v. Safeway's $45,000. Safeway also was one of the first chains to switch to discounting in the mid-'60s. By eliminating trading stamps, games and other frills, Reynolds and his colleagues have been able to trim food prices without narrowing their own profit margins. Now that health foods are popular, many Safeway stores have a special section that sells such delights as organic apple juice and Crunchy Granola...