Word: carly
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...pilgrimage to the Ford plants in Detroit; his enthusiastic admiration was tempered only by a regret at the inartistic character of Mr. Ford's well-known product. " Nothing about Ford or his plant suggests a trace of the finer aesthetic qualities," he stated. " One can make cheap, rapid cars, but they do not have to be ugly." Proposing to give the inexpensive car beauty and form, M. Citroen has announced that he will establish an American plant, designed for mass production, but embodying artistic ideas. The plant will be located near New York, either in New Jersey...
...boarding a street-car during the rush-hours, I have found it possible to avoid the conductor's eye and thus arrive free in Boston, then, by coming forward boldly and demanding a transfer, it is equally easy to obtain return passage to Cambridge...
...with his slang and his brassy effects, he has, I believe, reached the heart of the American people. If you have never heard Sandburg sing folk songs of America, bending over his guitar, white locks down over his forehead, dreaming of hoboes by a fire under some abandoned freight car, you have missed an experience that is comparable to none that I know...
...impress shippers with the necessity of loading cars to maximum capacity?an average of 30 tons a car...
...notable feature which is missing from this program is any plan for car pooling which had been suggested as a "solution " of the railway problem...