Word: barracuda
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Maritime subsidies are also making the American shipbuilding industry-a relative minnow of global commerce, ranking only 14th in the world-look like a predatory barracuda to some Western Europeans. Shipbuilders in Europe have sent a plea for easy-term loans and other subsidies to the Common Market Council of Ministers, which will consider their request this week or next. The aid is needed, shipbuilders say, mostly to protect them against Japanese rivals, but also to ward off a competitive threat from what they call the "heavily subsidized" U.S. industry. American shipbuilders will get $425 million in Government help during...
...Harvard Education Relevant Any More?" Nelson Katz (Baron Barracuda in the old Diver Dan series) will address the question and free organic cookies will be served. Lecture Hall, Great Eastern Corp., 49 River St., Cambridge. 4, March 30 and 31. Free...
...breed of small, racy, relatively inexpensive "sports compact" cars for young and old alike. The first of the new group, the Ford Mustang, made a fast breakaway in 1964. It was rapidly followed by competing cars whose names evoked feelings of adventure and even danger: Plymouth's Barracuda, Chevrolet's Camaro, Pontiac's Firebird, American Motors' Javelin, Mercury's Cougar, and the Dodge Charger (later called the Challenger). Soon the sports compacts grabbed almost 11% of the nation's car market, and souped-up "muscle" versions were introduced for the "performance" minded...
Shift in the Mix. Some auto-industry observers believe that Chrysler will drop both the Challenger and Barracuda next year. Though the Mustang and Camaro will probably be around a little longer, the end of the sports compact is in sight. Last week Ford temporarily closed down its Dearborn assembly plant, which turns out Mustangs and Cougars. The reason: to add faster-selling cars to the plant's product mix as the sports compacts decline...
Marathon Blast. Gan is not entirely without diversions. Its clear waters boil with bright tropical fish. Tuna can be caught from the pier, and fishing for shark and barracuda is superb. The island has a soccer field, golf course, assorted tennis and volleyball courts and no fewer than 21 bars. The specialty of the island is the "gozomie," a marathon blast that is thrown when anyone reaches the end of his nine-month tour and goes home. Over the five-day Christmas holiday, the men consumed 500 quarts of liquor, 12,500 bottles of beer, and 2,000 pints...