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While the gasoline shortage and the economic slowdown have hurt sales for all the automakers, times have been particularly rough for the weakest of the Big Three, Chrysler Corp. After the company lost an unexpectedly large $53.8 million for the first quarter, Group Vice President Harold Sperlich admitted, "You cannot stand too many quarters like that and keep the company afloat." Some Wall Street analysts expect that 1979 losses will top last year's $204.6 million...
...convince her to follow the consensus politics of the past. If she will not, or if she cannot, the divisions of North vs. South, inner-city vs. suburbia, haves vs. have-nots, exacerbated by racial and class tensions, may turn the Tory dawn into a nightmare in which the weakest go to the wall and where violent confrontation--even on the streets--may belie Britain's reputation as a haven of political decency and stability...
...trackster's weakest link was the sprint events, which were dominated by Brown. A lack of depth here kept the Crimson qualifying a single competitor in the 100-and 200-meter dashes...
...simple-minded--we don't have enough men (and women) to fight in the event of war. Says Sen. John D. Stennis (D-Miss.), chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee: "The so-called all-volunteer force system, under which all the military services now operate, is clearly the weakest link in the vital chain of our military security. We are simply not getting manpower in the numbers and with the quality that the military requirements of this Nation demand...
...business doubled in seven days. Healthy competition can keep prices from rising, but competition is sharpest when there is a surplus of gasoline and weakest now, when supplies are tight...