AS A young man in Washington, D.C., American Motors' President George Romney showed up at a costume party as a knight, accompanied by a fair young maiden whose hand he had just won (see cut). The choice of dress was symbolic. Later, Romney rode forth to battle, astride his trusty Rambler to engage what he considered the modern U.S. dragon: the dinosaur-like big car. For a while, Detroit regarded him as a mere windmill tilter. But as Romney began to smite the dinosaur hip and thigh, TIME chronicled his success round by round, carefully reported the rise of the small car in the U.S. Finally, the Big Three have had to pay Romney the sincerest form of flattery by bringing out their own compact cars. For the story of Bible-quoting George Romney's amazing rise--and what will happen to him and his company now--see BUSINESS, The Dinosaur Hunter.

FORTNIGHT ago TIME Middle Eastern Correspondent William McHale had an exclusive interview with Iraq's Premier Abdul Karim Kassem, and the Premier gave McHale an autographed photograph of himself. Before McHale could get it to press, the interview was being broadcast four times daily over the government radio. Then, in an abrupt switch, McHale got a summons to police headquarters, was given twelve hours to get out of the country. Two other U.S. correspondents, CBS's Winston Burdett and U.P.I.'s Larry Collins, got similar calls. The only explanation given the three men, none of whom had been in Iraq for more than 18 days on this visit: "You have been here long enough." As he packed up hurriedly for the trip back to his base in Beirut, McHale had a wry reaction to the inscription Kassem had written on his autographed photo. It read: "This is my gift to every noble newsman who battles for freedom of the people everywhere in the world." For a distillation of McHale's report, see FOREIGN NEWS, The Dry & the Wet.

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