Word: cars
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...trying to kid with your talk of the self-restraint of the British in the face of petrol rationing? For the past few weeks the breath of every car owner of my acquaintance has reeked of petrol. "Oh, it's only a can in case of emergency; might have to visit the hospital, you know." In the interests of whatever is left of Anglo-American solidarity, I think you should warn any of your countrymen who are proposing to come over here to be very careful where they toss their cigar butts...
...failures and two barely passing grades in the standard course, they began to worry. Said his father: "That wasn't like him at all." Then, early in December, M.I.T.'s dean of freshmen telephoned the Wagners in Chicago. John, he told them, had disappeared in his new car. "That mystified us," said his $4,500-a-year father. "We thought that maybe he had gotten married to one of those rich girls from those exclusive Eastern schools, and she had given him the $3,500 for the car, or that maybe he had been framed by dope peddlers...
...Cambridge City Council dropped its attempt to crack down on student car-owners from out of state and postponed debate on a proposal aimed against M.I.T., at a busy meeting yesterday...
Clang, Clang, Clang. In San Francisco, after he crashed into the rear of an auto, backed up, clobbered the car twice more, police arrested George Latta, charged him with operating his streetcar while intoxicated...
Weight of Evidence. In London, after her auto turned turtle, outsized (217 Ib.) Housewife Pat Wilkins was fined $28 for reckless driving despite her explanation: "I'm really a very careful driver, but there was just so much weight on one side of the car that it overturned...