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...Murchison for estimated $11 million. Sale of stock, crucial to control of Alleghany, is being temporarily blocked by suit filed by a Young relative. When and if deal is closed, Murchison is expected to ask for at least two seats on Allegheny's nine-man board, put new zip into the company...
...unromantically team up to get ahead in the world but become the victims of romance. In telling its tale, Saratoga snows cliches, trips over its own gaudy furnishings, and interminably keeps a heroine who was born out of wedlock from entering it. An added trouble: lacking all freshness and zip, the show possesses no compensating charm or style. Everything that Saratoga Trunk scattered with a lavish hand, Saratoga lays on with a heavy...
...increased power from 123 h.p. to 162 h.p. "We did not build a test model because there was not time to experiment," Cole recalls. "That's how crazy and confident we were." The engine proved to have bugs. But it also had zip, and when the bugs were eliminated, the zip gave Chevy sales a push...
...Zip!" Sensing an intimate glimpse into luxury-liner indiscretion, the British press tried to give an answer, leaped wildly on the story. Where facts failed, imagination soared. Headlined the Daily Express: WHAT HAPPENED AT THE CAPTAIN'S TABLE. PASSENGERS SAW THE LADY'S DRESS GO ZZZ ... ZIP! The woman whose fastener broke on a recent transatlantic run-and whose dress nearly slipped off-was attractive Mrs. Susan Silverstone, thirtyish, of Manhattan, who was promptly dubbed "Black-Eyed Susan." Passengers confirmed the incident, but it was not until farther down in the story that readers discovered where Captain Armstrong...
...medium speeds; in addition, the Cooper uses magnesium castings for many components, making it far lighter than the Ferrari (1,100 Ibs. v. 1,500 Ibs.). As one driver explains, "you can drive the thing out of a corner instead of having to change down," and Coopers can zip away from the Ferraris coming out of the turns. With its engine mounted in the rear, the Cooper is a bare 12 ft. long (Ferrari length: 14 ft.. 9 in.). Since there is no long driveshaft, the driver can sit far down in the frame and give the car added...