Word: chapin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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American Motors plans to bring out this fall a new minicar, tentatively named the Pacer, that Chairman Roy D. Chapin Jr. describes as "clearly different, perhaps controversial." The car has a rounded rear end, lots of glass and may have front-wheel drive...
Scrap Tristan and put on Tosca. At the Met-which has fielded three Tristans for an act apiece rather than switch operas for a single performance-it was a disastrous suggestion. Schuyler Chapin, Gentele's successor as manager, rejected the idea, hired a minor singer named Klara Barlow to sing Isolde, and pulled together cast and production...
...then turned the tapes over to Federal Judge John Siri ca. The staff of the new special prosecutor, Leon Jaworski, has since heard the remaining tapes, including those of March 13 and March 21 and apparently believes that they support Dean's testimony. Last week attorneys for Dwight Chapin, Nixon's former aide who faces a trial for perjury in the scandal, noted that Dean will be called as a Government witness against him. The attorneys demanded to know whether the Government has any evidence that "Mr. Dean has lied even in matters extraneous to this case." Replied...
...districts by 1977; many city dwellers, including not a few local businessmen, are in favor of the idea. "You are not going to control this nation in the form of a police state where you have to have a passport to cross the state line," says AMC Chairman Roy Chapin. "But there definitely will be restrictions on passenger-vehicle access to certain areas of major cities. That's something I think is both feasible and proper...
...surely be shorter in front and rear and roomier inside. They will probably be more expensive but possibly built to last longer; annual model changes are already becoming less pronounced, and the public is likely to be more impressed with quality construction than frequent cosmetic restyling. Says AMC's Chapin: "I think we're headed toward smaller, more efficient automobiles, including cars that perform specific functions better. By that, I'm thinking of cars particularly suited to our urban life, more resistant to the abuses that a car gets in traffic and parking...