Word: cars
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mary from Atlanta, who thought in wide circles about porches and the past and small towns in summer--facts and memories of detail which transfixed her at the wheel of her open car and made her arms shake and her back cold, although these things were not remarkable, and neither was her life. Neither was her life, a life of love although she did not know for what, unless it was for small pictures which occurred to her or which she saw in quiet moments alone staring at the whiteness of the castled city or across the Bay to reddened...
Sometimes I like to think about the governor-general's car, though, down in Tahiti. I mean, I'm happy with my Nova but I figure if he's a class guy he's probably got one of those english cars. A Jensen Interceptor. And being governor-general, he probably doesn't get too many speeding tickets. Even if he gets pulled over, the cop probably says I'm sorry governor-general, I didn't know it was you. Go right on. So the governor-general probably takes out this Jensen Interceptor--this is the picture I have, see--late...
...elves milling around him. The elves were wearing sandwich boards advertising Bargains Unlimited, but Santa Claus ignored them and struck me as a nonaligned, straightforward type. He didn't seem embarrassed about jerking his beard down so that he could be heard (speaking English) more distinctly. A police car turned up to drive him away, and one cop confided to a bewildered little girl that he was taking Santa into custody at the police station. Unphased, the urchin next to her started reeling off requests for the cop to pass on to his ward with the crooked beard...
Even so, atomic power has been considered a bargain because of the plant's low operating costs. "It's like spending more for a car that gets better mileage," explains Jerry Stanbrough, a spokesman for Illinois' big electric utility, Commonwealth Edison. But even these numbers now look shaky. Instead of being available to churn out electricity 80% of the time, as advertised, nukes have been shut down for inspection or repairs on the average of 40% of every year. Like cars that often go back to the shop, they have not delivered their "better mileage...
...economic news continued to be favorable. U.S. exports exceeded imports by almost $1.1 billion in October, indicating a record trade surplus of $11 billion for all 1975, v. a $2.3 billion deficit last year. Auto sales in the middle third of November climbed 33% above a year earlier, and car makers plan 54% more assemblies in December than a year ago, though still less than earlier Decembers...