Word: boombox
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Dates: during 1990-1990
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...Robert Stempel, 57, a 6-ft. 4-in. former college-football tackle with a boombox voice and a down-home manner. Until his ascension to GM president three years ago, he was often seen driving a motorcycle near his home in the sedate suburb of Bloomfield Hills, where he keeps a fleet of old cars he likes to tinker with. His engineering feats have become part of the company lore. In his early career he designed the front-wheel-drive transmission on the 1966 Oldsmobile Toronado, and in the 1970s he was the leader in one of GM's biggest...