Word: cars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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After acknowledging his victory in Atlanta, Carter and his family headed for Albany, Ga., aboard "Peanut One." He carried sleepy Daughter Amy into a car for their return to Plains. Even at dawn, some 400 townspeople awaited him. "I told you I didn't intend to lose," Carter said. Then, for the first time during the up-and-down campaign, his composure broke. He bit his lip, fought back tears, while most of his family wept. As the crowd cheered, then grew quiet, Carter conceded: "The only reason it was close was that I as a candidate was not good...
...Germany-all eager to be part of this first page of a new chapter in history. They trailed along as Carter strolled two blocks to the peanut house. They explored Billy Carter's service station. They snapped happily as Miss Lillian rolled by in a Georgia state police car...
...gang of self-proclaimed "anti- Communists" kidnaped Brazilian Bishop Adriano Hypolito on Sept. 22, poured liquor down his throat, painted his body with red dye and dumped him, naked, on a back street in outlying Rio de Janeiro. For good measure the thugs blew up his car in front of the Brazilian hi- erarchy's offices...
...Europe, where gasoline sells for as much as $2.25 per gal. and diesel fuel is much cheaper, diesels account for 2.5% of auto sales. In the U.S., diesel-car sales have been held back by high prices (the cheapest Mercedes diesel lists for $10,278, not including options) and by the diesel's traditional drawbacks-low power, hard starting, loud noise and heavy weight. But auto engineers have a major incentive, besides economy, to work at overcoming these problems. Surprising though it may seem to anyone who has trailed a smoke-belch-ing diesel truck, diesels already meet federal...
...stop light a few blocks ahead, a middle-aged woman in the car next to us rolled down her window. "Could you tell me where the Yale Bowl is, please?" she asked...