Word: cars
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...entering a game in which you doubt the gentlemanliness of your fellow player, be sure to hide your money-wad well. Pug Pearson used to lay his bankroll on the ground and then drive his car over it so that it was buried under the tire...
...last week the pioneering VW plant came to grief, a victim of growing competition in the American market. Volkswagen, whose U.S. sales have plunged from 162,005 autos in 1981 to 73,920 last year, said it would halt production at the Westmoreland site, its only American car plant. The factory will gradually phase out assembly of its two models, Jetta and Golf, putting 2,500 employees out of work by late...
...alcoholism -- the retching, nervous spasms, sweaty and sleepless nights, dehydration -- matched the moments of hammering panic I felt every morning for months on end, as I tried to remember exactly what I had done the night before. At one point, terrified that I might kill someone with my car, I gave up driving, but never alcohol. Along with the fear came sudden rages -- at my wife, at my friends, at anyone who tried to stop me from drinking. My homelife became a nightmare. Creeping paranoia...
Lord knows, the Italian-made 1931 Bugatti Royale is not for everybody. The dancing-elephant hood ornament is a tad gaudy. The maximum speed of 70 m.p.h. would hardly satisfy Porsche fans. Parking the 19-ft. monster is a nightmare. And just try replacing the hubcaps on a car that is one of only seven ever built...
...worried. The British auction house rented London's Royal Albert Hall last week, invited 3,000 guests and started the bidding at $3.6 million. Bids came by phone from two continents. Two minutes later, the gavel came down. Sold, for $9.8 million, the highest price ever paid for a car. The buyer, a London vintage-car dealer named Nicholas Harley, said afterward, "Structurally, it's a work of art. I look forward to driving it." Sure, but keep an eye on those hubcaps...