Word: carly
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...front of the admiral's door, the chair was unoccupied and remained that way for the rest of the day. It seems that the admiral had invited the sentry to accompany him to the opening game of the major-league baseball season, providing his car, cigars and box seats for the occasion. "Bull" Halsey [Aug. 24] was violating the rules again...
Only 16 months ago, Britain was rocked by a Sunday Pictorial story that began with the words, "I, Donald Hume, do here by confess . . ." The lurid confession was that Hume had hacked to pieces a car dealer named Stanley Setty -a murder that in two separate trials the Crown had never been able to prove. Convicted only of dumping Setty's dismembered body from a hired airplane, Hume got off with a mere eight years as an accessory. Upon his release, secure in the knowledge that he could never be retried for the murder, he sold his gaudy story...
...Aston Martin's DB4-GT, a new two-seat sports-racing car. The torpedo-back coupe is powered by a six-cylinder, 302-h.p. engine, can hit a top of 170 m.p.h. U.S. price...
Basically, the million-dollar collection was a broadening of the small-car trend. Leading the way were the U.S. compact cars which attracted so much interest that European car makers began to wonder about how much competition they would be. Show goers were fascinated by their comfort and big-car features. Said one prospective buyer: "They're simply bargain-priced luxury cars...
...Facel's Facellia, a handcrafted, sports-touring convertible designed for the overseas luxury market. First truly high-performance French car for the public since World War II, the Facellia features a four-cylinder, 115-h.p. engine with a top speed of 114 m.p.h. U.S. price...