Word: carred
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact, been relentlessly incredulous. As a crusading managing editor of the Chicago Sun-Times, he nosed out some of the gamiest scandals Chicago has spawned. In 1951, when a police officer named Michael Moretti was cleared by a grand jury for killing two unarmed youths in a parked car, Akers sent an irate memo to his staff: "The Moretti case stinks to high heaven. I want to go after this as we have never gone after anything before." Despite threats on his life, Akers kept his staff digging until there was enough evidence to put the cop on trial...
Personal & Business. The fastest-expanding area is auto credit, now at $25.4 billion. Ten years ago, the typical car buyer made a down payment of 30% and carried the balance over 28 months; today he puts down only 25% and finances the car over 32½ months. Personal loans, like the kind Lyndon Johnson took out to help pay his income taxes, have also risen sharply, to $16.5 billion. Revolving credit in department stores, now $2.5 billion, has doubled since 1961. Credit cards still account for only $633 million, but are climbing by 20% a year...
With our post-Goldfinger perspective, we can observe the evolution of technique in the Bond series, Ian Fleming wrote novels rich in particular detail, such as the sensation of driving a sports car or sipping vintage wine. In Dr. No, the first film adaptation, these details are carried over with little success, for taste or tactile impressions are difficult to transmit by film...
...stops were crucial. To encourage drivers to carry lighter fuel loads, thereby reducing the risk of crash or fire, officials required all cars to stop at least twice. Sloppy work by Lotus mechanics had hurt Clark's chances in 1963 (he finished second to Parnelli Jones), and Designer Colin Chapman was determined not to let this happen again. Carefully calculating Clark's rate of fuel consumption (3 mi. per gal. of alcohol), he scheduled a stop every 162 mi. He redesigned the Lotus' gas tank to speed up the refueling process. Finally, he hired a crew...
...only battle was for second place Desperately rocking his car from side to side to slosh the last few pints of fuel into his starving carburetors, Parnelli Jones limped across the line 6 sec. ahead of Italian-born Rookie Mario Andretti-and almost instantly ran completely out of gas. Climbing out, he took off his helmet and began pushing his car the i mi. back to the pits...