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...grain, keep trip hammers thumping, turn meat spits and rock babies, all at once. Woods were selected according to capability, and when a wagon was built-oak frame, elm sides and floor, ash spokes and shafts, pine seat, hickory slats-it lasted about twelve times as long as a Cadillac...
...customers were insisting on the fanciest, most expensive models. The richly appointed Impala was taking 55% of Chevrolet's sales at the expense of the lower-priced Chevy II and Corvair. Ford's Galaxie 500 was giving the same rough ride to the Falcon. And even at Cadillac's rarefied level, the Fleetwood 60 was snaring sales from the slightly less expensive Series...
...they regard as unkind criticism. And I'm not thought much of in the North either." But he had no apologies for his popularity abroad. "Russians and Europeans get a less erroneous image of America from my books than they do from American films about a mink-penthouse-Cadillac society...
...McKee, a tiny town in the Wilderness Trail country, Republican Senator Thruston Morton got out of a borrowed yellow Cadillac, mingled with tobacco-chewing men in bib overalls. It was beastly hot, and sweat dripped from Morton's face. He was gracious, but seemed much more reserved than Wyatt. The group moved inside the dilapidated courthouse. A trial was in session, but the judge ordered a recess so that Morton could speak. He was introduced by a local orator: "We're a workin' people, we're a God-fearin' people, we're a peace...
...auto plant in northwest England, Rolls cars (which are called "Royces" around the plant) are built with unhurried precision. Every part is hand-ground and matched to its mate. All told, the assembly and testing of a Rolls take about two weeks, v. four hours for a Cadillac...