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Word: cars (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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...place too great an importance on the foreign car switch may be a grave error. The one I purchased included extras such as windshield wipers which never worked, directional signals which didn't direct and foot pedals which were no larger than a Grade A egg. I now drive a finned Plymouth...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, may 26, 1958 | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

...once commander in Indo-China and now commander in chief of the 500,000 French troops in Algeria, and tall, leathery General Jacques Massu, the paratroop commander, drove up to the war memorial. Shouting "We want Massu!" and "The army to power!", the crowd crushed around the generals' car, hemmed in the guard of honor and the band. Trucks with loudspeakers appeared at the edges of the square, and even during the solemn silence of the last post, magnified voices cried out: "Go to the Government General building and demonstrate your anger there...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ALGERIA: Hesitant Insurrection | 5/26/1958 | See Source »

...help us pull the car...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: On Wheels | 5/23/1958 | See Source »

...shrugged his shoulders, put on his gloves, and lifted the car back to the track. Then he checked his watch, and strode briskly down the hill for his turn...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: On Wheels | 5/23/1958 | See Source »

...car behaved well and when he strode from the car his time was announced. "Hey," called someone, "you did better than that on your trial run. Weren't you trying...

Author: By Robert H. Sand, | Title: On Wheels | 5/23/1958 | See Source »

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