Word: carly
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Manhattan dealer advertised a "distinctive motor car, the only car of its kind available." Its engine was by Rolls-Royce, its body custom-made by Labourdette of France. Its total cost (in 1947): $44,000. It could be had today, the dealer said, for only...
Like any suburban commuter, Hensch found his wife waiting in a car by the field. He gave her the flowers, the porcelain snail, the rat's fur walrus and the note. She translated it haltingly. It said: "On the 100th day of the blockade God lives with you flyers. Health, happiness and skill for all of you and a quick return to the old days, and the joyous end of the blockade...
...hotel was bent on pleasing Winston Churchill. Tall, white-haired Lord Hacking, former chairman of the Conservative Party, no common man himself, found that out when he rang for the elevator. An immaculate figure in his perfectly cut dinner jacket, he stood by the elevator gate and watched the car go up eight times, carrying only a waitress with heavy trays. Finally, the elevator boy shouted through the gate: "Sorry, sir, but it's Mr. Churchill's dinner...
...eliminate such bugs as landscape blocks, high speed (the train hit 80 m.p.h.), and static caused by passing trains. Biggest problem was the antenna. Because of the low clearances allowed by trestles, tunnels and overpasses, the antenna could rise only 15¾ inches above the top of the car...
John Gurland, a newly transferred instructor from the University of California, was forced into his car by an armed bandit at 9:20 Wednesday evening. The man then told him to drive to Charles street, threatening him with a black automatic and "numerous curses...