Word: british
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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West German and British manufacturers profess to be unconcerned, but Giuliano Lonardi, worldwide marketing director for Fiat, recognizes the challenge. In his view, U.S. firms not only have the billions needed for mass-producing a world car, but through their suppliers they can turn out a tremendous flow of parts in many countries. Says he: "This enormous access to components is the greatest strength of American efficiency in production." Japan's Takashi Ishihara, president of Nissan Motor, speaks as if the American challenge is a war. Says he: "We find ourselves on the eve of intense international competition with...
...Coglin travelled to England to study at the Millfield School and train for the 1976 British Olympic Team...
...year later, upon arriving at Harvard halfway into freshman week, the British superstar discovered his roommate was none other than Hackett who greeted him with, "Coglin, where the hell have you been...
Exhibiting his dry British wit. Coglin summed up his relationship with Bernal as "We get along swimmingly...
...rule campaigns, but this one is particularly meaningful because Scotland now has the economic power to survive on its own. Other movements have been dampened by the obvious advantages for Scotland in terms of economic support and political power of remaining in the mighty United Kingdom. But recently, being British has become less attractive as inflation and unemployment wrack the country and hit Scotland even harder than England. Relief gushed out of the North Sea in the early '70s in the form of oil, and as much as 30 per cent of known American reserves, which by 1980 could provide...