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...edge of the railroad tracks refused to stir as the desert wind dragged the sand toward the rusty cliffs. The stiff blond hair stuck in jagged clumps to the forehead, and the two blue eyes glared, dead mirrors at the cloudless sky. They found Neal Cassady like a bloated Buick at the side of the road, when a tailpipe or a radiator couldn't fix him anymore, when a girl or a joint couldn't set him smiling, when his ex-friend Jack or his ex-wife Carolyn couldn't get him to talk...

Author: By David Frankel, | Title: 'The Mad Ones' | 7/8/1980 | See Source »

...Sure. Exxon gets Chrysler. We split up General Motors, maybe give Cadillac to Sonoco, Buick to Arco. Same with Ford. Presto, sleazo, no more layoffs, no more recession...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: I'm a Cardless Person | 5/26/1980 | See Source »

AMONG THE 52 photographs on display in "The Automotive Image," one of the simplest and most fascinating is Joseph de Cassere's picture of Miss Atlanta, circa 1930. She is perched on the back seat of a Buick convertible, proceeding in a motorcade beneath the faces of a crowd clustered along the sidewalk, on balconies and in windows. You see the crowd as one mass, and the girl in the center as a floral brightness--her right arm lifted in a practiced wave, the sun highlighting her shoulder, her smiling, tulip-like face angled toward the camera. Then your...

Author: By Larry Shapiro, | Title: Refinements of Reality | 5/12/1980 | See Source »

...remains best placed to withstand the current tempest, and will probably be the only Big Three automaker to earn a profit this year. Its very successful X cars, such as the Chevrolet Citation and the Buick Skylark, are helping the company maintain its market share. This fall GM will introduce shrunken or downsize intermediate cars like the Chevrolet Monte Carlo and Buick Regal. Its J car is due in April 1981, and will be a sporty subcompact successor to such models as the Chevy Monza...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Autos Hit 40 Miles of Bad Road | 4/28/1980 | See Source »

...line, President Elliot Estes notes: "We guessed in favor of the six-cylinder engines. But right now sales are running 60 to 40 in favor of the fours." GM is getting no help from its big cars either. Sales of the standard Chevrolet are off 20% since January; Buick Le Sabres are limping almost 29% behind 1978's pace, and purchases of the Oldsmobile 98 are down...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: At Car Dealers Small Is All | 7/9/1979 | See Source »

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