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Vanishing Bodies
f in the general knowledge section of the Mastermind :elevision programme a contestant were asked how many )edestrians were killed in 1977, Magnus Magnusson would 3e put well......
Instant Statistics
Nanting to know the 3pproximate number of buses )perated by Singapore Bus Ser/ices, Commercial Motor :elephoned the Singapore High 2ommission in London, expecing a......
Penny
pinching Even if the European Communities Commission thinks in hundreds of millions of EUA, it obviously believes in looking after the pence. Industrial and infrastructure......
Private Pixilation
'he Trade Descriptions Act is he Smart Alec's charter. Its yovisions are reported to have )een invoked by a man who :omplained that there were no airies on a Christmas excursion......
Belt Up Or Pay
Figures quoted in Road Accidents Great Britain 1977 lend weight to my suggestion that accident casualties who could be proved not to have been wearing seat belts where they were......
Out In The Cold
Only one British manufacturer of heavy goods vehicles failed to sell more in the first 11 months of 1978 than in 1977. I offer no prize for the correct solution. Ford captured......
Baffling Brains
In the USA where time is money and everyone uses three words if one will do, drivers' "perception, intellection. emotion and volition time" is scientifically evaluated. British......
Russian Roulette
In Russia every driver has to undergo a stringent test of his physical and mental conditions before he or she is allowed to learn to drive. Instruction on a six-month course......