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Word: austin (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...British Motor Corp.'s Austin Seven and Morris Mini-Minor, two "baby cars" that have 34-h.p., four-cylinder engines mounted laterally and front-wheel drive. Capable of 70 m.p.h. top speed, the new ultra-small cars run 45 miles on a gallon of gas, will sell for about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Paris Models | 10/12/1959 | See Source »

...have much of a postwar market. But G.I. memories were short, and postwar teen-agers never knew that they were not supposed to savor Spam. Since 1945, Spam sales have climbed from 30 million cans a year to 48 million. Sales of its maker, George A. Hormel & Co. of Austin, Minn., are racing 12% ahead of last year's pace, will probably top $400 million in 1959. This week Spam passed its proudest milestone: Hormel & Co. produced its one billionth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CORPORATIONS: A Billion for Spam | 9/21/1959 | See Source »

Baby Cars. A new line of ultra small cars will be introduced by British Motor Corp. in the U.S. within six months to a year. Engines will be mounted crosswise to save space, and the cars will have front-wheel drive, no rear axle. Dubbed the Austin Seven and the Morris Mini-Minor, they will have 36-h.p., four-cylinder engines (top speed: 70 m.p.h.), run 45 miles on a gallon of gas. U.S. price: about...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GOODS & SERVICES: New Ideas, Sep. 7, 1959 | 9/7/1959 | See Source »

...Moran is well known in Cadillac and Pontiac, Mich., and in the imperial palaces of the Orient. On the other hand, he has never been in Buyck or Austin, Minn...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Press: The Silent Bird | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

...Warming up for a season that still seems as remote as fur coats and chilly afternoons at the stadium, the Chicago Cardinals square off with the Pittsburgh Steelers at Austin, Texas...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THEATER: On Broadway, Aug. 24, 1959 | 8/24/1959 | See Source »

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