Word: carly
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Trucks used for shipping chemicals must be strong enough to survive a rollover without breaking open, and tank cars a derailment. Hydrogen cyanide, a lethal poison, can be transported only in carriers with 1-in.-thick, high-strength steel bulkheads. When a railroad car carrying petrochemicals overturns, the reason may be loose rails, which can break off from their ties and puncture the front of an oncoming tank car. Therefore, industry rules were established that call for adding more insulation and head shields. Cost: $452 million...
...disaster here. This plant knows enough about safety, and they check everything on a regular basis. It doesn't scare me a bit." Said Longtime Resident Tracy Howard, 80, the town's unofficial historian: "Shucks, you can walk into the street and get hit by a car. I've built houses all my life. I could have fallen off a roof at any time. You just have to watch...
...firm founded in 1886 that produced the first dry-cell la battery. Union Carbide played a key role in the Manhattan Project, which developed the atomic bomb. Over the years many of the firm's products, including Eveready batteries, Glad bags, Prestone antifreeze and Simoniz car wax, have become popular items in America's households. But the company's best customers are businesses. Major products include polyethylene and other petrochemicals, industrial gases like acetylene and argon, and pesticides. Such industrial lines accounted for 79% of sales...
Question: Which is the best-selling vehicle in the U.S.-the Chevrolet Cavalier, Ford Escort or Honda Accord? Answer: None of the above. A pair of pickup trucks, the Ford F-series and Chevrolet's C-series, outsell every passenger car on the market. Indeed, Americans are increasingly turning on to trucks. Says Chrysler President Harold Sperlich: "Car sales are good; truck sales are dynamite." U.S. automakers announced last week that some 3.8 million trucks have been sold this year, an increase of 33%, while car sales have risen...
...with passenger cars, U.S. manufacturers are fighting strong competition from the Japanese. The first of their compact pickups landed on the docks at Long Beach, Calif., some 35 years ago, but the Datsun never made it to the showroom floor. As legend has it, a driver noticed it on the carrier truck, followed it to the dealer and bought the pickup on the spot. By 1978, every one of the 489,508 compact pickups sold in the U.S. was made in Japan. But Detroit has roared back. General Motors and Ford, which had been importing Japanese vehicles to sell under...