Word: actu
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...statistical evidence of wealth was deceiving; the vast empire was actu ally as shaky and ready to col lapse as a 25-year-old model T trying to make its way through deep sand. Once the world's biggest automaker. Ford had seen its share of U.S. auto sales drop from 40% in 1930 to 21% in the first postwar year of car production. What was more, in 1946, Ford was losing money at such a clip-$55 million in six months-that even its vast reserves might soon be exhausted...