Word: chevrolet
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...sales breakdown by name plates showed an even grimmer picture. The Chevrolet division of General Motors, for example, sold a mere 38,104 vehicles. The March figure was 61.1% below the same period a year earlier and could be a harbinger of Chevy's worst year since 1958. The division is now selling about 1.3 milion cars annually; its best year ever was in 1965, when it sold 2.4 million...
...officer dressed in civilian clothes headed down the staid Boulevard Emile-Augier on his way to work at the U.S. embassy in Paris. Quietly, a man with a dark complexion and frizzy hair began to follow him. Before Lieut. Colonel Charles Robert Ray, 43, could reach his metallic blue Chevrolet with diplomatic plates, he was killed by a single shot that struck him in the back of the neck. The killer, who was glimpsed by several witnesses, ran down the quiet avenue and disappeared into a crowd of commuters...
Saugus officers are also trying to locate a late-model Chevrolet sedan that three witnesses reported seeing near the marsh early in the morning on the shoulder of the northbound lane of Route 107 November 29, Charbrier said. She said the automobile was described as beige with large rust spots, but no identification was made of the license plate...
...people wait for benefit checks in shamed, disconsolate quiet. Most act too embarrassed to talk even to fellow job seekers. Few seem hopeful of finding work. Says Gloria Condele, 44, a laid off cashier: "Even people who are still working are worried." Roy Gavel, previously laid off as a Chevrolet assembly worker in 1975, got certified as a diesel mechanic to ensure more steady work. His new job lasted about a year; after more than 20 applications for jobs, he has given up on Detroit and, joining a growing tide, plans to move his wife and infant son to Texas...
...frugal millionaire, Davis recently traded in his 1962 Chevrolet and bought a 1979 Lincoln Continental with 30,000 miles on it. "I still couldn't bring myself to get a new one," he says. Some day he may even break down and own a dog-Davis' wife is allergic to cats...