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Knudsen, who has headed both the Chevrolet and Pontiac divisions, is the son of a popular former G.M. president. He lacks Cole's flair, would be more in the Donner-Roche tradition. Rollert, a Buick alumnus, is considered a comer, but he has been an executive vice president only since February 1966, and it would be a surprise if he were leapfrogged over the others...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: Heirs Apparent | 10/6/1967 | See Source »

...resemble the popular Cougar. General Motors is also pushing the intermediates, featuring minor changes suggested by success of the 1966 Toronado. The 1968 Tem pest, for example, has an abbreviated rear and an elongated front, giving it the look of a chunky road racer. For its own sporty look, Buick has taken its Skylark and gone back to a sweeping, chrome-lined silhouette that became popular ten years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: An Intermediate Year | 9/15/1967 | See Source »

...dead weight on my life never to have known the dangers of the last war and never to have discovered whether I am a hero or a coward." When it appears that his wife will have to evacuate their Kentish country house, he advises her to load their Buick with two things: her jewels and his diaries. The Battle of Britain inspires unashamed pride: "I have always loved England. Now I am in love with England. What a people! What a chance! And the chance that we shall by our stubbornness give victory to the world...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Books: Nicolson II: Diarist Triumphant | 6/23/1967 | See Source »

...TENTH ANNUAL BUICK OPEN GOLF TOURNAMENT (NBC, 5-6 p.m.). The best of the professionals and the country's top amateurs lock horns at the Warwick Hills Golf and Country Club, Grand Blanc, Mich. Final round live on Sunday from...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television, Theater, Records, Cinema, Books: Jun. 9, 1967 | 6/9/1967 | See Source »

Seley fell in love with his first bumper in 1956. Waiting for his car to be fixed in a junkyard adjoining a garage, he and his wife were struck by the distinctive shape of a '49 Buick Dyna-flow bumper. Convinced that there was still more "beauty to be extracted from it," he bought it for $1 -much to the amazement of the garage owner, since the Seleys' car was a Chevvy. Seley, who at the time was casting Henry Mooreish semi-abstracts in plaster and terra cotta, began using bumpers as armatures, covering them with plaster, then...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sculpture: Constructions in Chrome | 3/10/1967 | See Source »

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