Word: benz
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...might just possibly make sex go out of style. Whatever his philosophy may amount to, he does not belong to the peripatetic school. Is he out bunny-hugging every night in his sports car or carousing through his clubs with Playmates on either arm? Not at all. His Mercedes-Benz sits forlornly in the garage; his clubs never see him. Lean, rather gaunt, with piercing dark eyes, he has succumbed to the work ethic. He explains that he does not want to face all the outside world's trivia?small talk, party joining?that might distract him from his work...
...what President Theodore Heuss had called West Germany's "unovercome" Nazi past. Dr. Martens, now a West Berlin surgeon of 71, was shown telling how he almost lost his head. Then came readily identifiable shots of Dr. Klingsiek, now a prosperous Herford physician, driving home in his Mercedes-Benz to what a Frankfurt newspaper later called his "luxurious villa." With out actually naming "this main prosecution witness" against Martens, the commentator said ironically: "As you can see, he is doing well...
...there are more cars (8,700,000) in West Germany than in any other nation of the world except the U.S. Some auto executives deplore "silly sentimentality that results in people keeping a car for ten years," yet it seems to put no ceiling on sales. Last year Daimler-Benz, the manufacturer of Mercedes, sold a record $1.2 billion worth of cars and trucks -a 5.9% increase over the previous year-and is doing even better this year. As every German knows, what is good for the Daimler-Benz Aktiengesellschaft is good for the Bundesrepublik...
Antique-auto buffs who lack the patience to comb the used-car market for their favorite classics could rejoice in the sampling of newly minted replicas. Milwaukee's SS Automobiles Inc., which last year began turning out reproductions of the 1920s' doorless Mercedes-Benz SSK Roadster under the name Excalibur SSK, has added a four-seat Mercedes Phaeton. Price: around $7,500. The classic American Cord has returned as a scaled-down convertible (four-fifths original size) that, like its predecessor, comes with front-wheel drive. Included in the $5,950 price: a one-way plane ticket...
...care fully parceled out equal court time to each of the East players. "There's only one ball, fellows," Red sighed unhappily. "You've got to remember the spot I'm in." Auerbach's Celtic star Bill Rus sell, who drives an $11,500 Mercedes-Benz, did his bit to help his coach by scoring exactly two points in 23 minutes...