Word: 8s
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...8s & the $1,300 Runabout. The independents also all lost ground to G.M. and Ford in 1953. Their difficult position was highlighted last week by the merger of Nash and Hudson into a new company to be called American Motors Corp. While Nash has been doing well, Hudson sales have been down. By merging purchasing, research and other departments, they figured they could be stronger and save money all around. Together, they form the fourth-biggest auto company in the U.S., with assets of $355 million and more than $100 million in operating capital...
Packard, a notable holdout for a straight-eight engine, plans to abandon it for a V-8 in its 1955 models. General Motors will also switch to V-8s for its two lowest-priced lines-Chevrolet and Pontiac...
...Duxford R.A.F. field near Cambridge, the R.A.F. brass gathered to show off Britain's jet air power. Noting cloud formations (at 1,200 ft.) in the sky, Tito suggested that the demonstration be canceled, but his hosts insisted. Minutes later two Meteor Mark 8s collided during an acrobatic show and crashed, killing both pilots, while Tito looked on in horror. (On his way to England, four other Britons had been killed during a 60-plane "flyover" staged at Gibraltar.) Tito, visibly upset, asked the British to cancel the rest of the show. They refused. But before it was over...
...desperation, Fred bought a batch of 28 books at a sale for 8s., cleaned them up and hawked some of them around the second-hand shops in a sack. At day's end, Bookseller Bason had made enough profit (15s. 8d.) to convince him that a load of second-hand books and some stout burlap were all a true bookworm needed to "make a living and be free...