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Word: chevrolets (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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AUTO RACE between Ford and Chevrolet for No. 1 spot is grille-and-grille. For the first six months of 1955, R. L. Polk & Co., the industry statistician, reported: Chevrolet, 756,317; Ford...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Clock, Aug. 22, 1955 | 8/22/1955 | See Source »

FORD LEADS CHEVROLET in the race for the industry's No. 1 sales spot. Total new car registrations, as compiled by Automotive News for 1955's first five months, plus six states for June: Ford 615,357, Chevrolet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: TIME CLOCK, Aug. 8, 1955 | 8/8/1955 | See Source »

...year-old Chicago pleasure driver of a 954 four-door Bel Air Chevrolet pays $111 for Preferred Risk policy (including comprehen-we coverage, a $50 deductible clause, a maximum $20,000 per accident for bodily injury and 15,000 for property damage), as against $141.20 or the standard policy in most companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSURANCE: None for the Road | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

...endorsements, interviews and public appearances, he telephoned Fred Corcoran, professional business manager for professional athletes, became a Corcoran client. Later in the day the local Ford dealer dropped around to insist that Jack try out a Thunderbird, al though he already owns a 1955 Buick and an aging Chevrolet. Finally, at 10 p.m. - after two full days of transcontinental pandemonium, highlighted by a 5-minute chat with President Eisenhower in San Francisco, Jack Fleck turned into his own bed for the first night's sleep since beating the great Ben Hogan in the Open's playoff...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Happiest Man Alive | 7/4/1955 | See Source »

...Automakers rolled out their 4,000,000th automobile, the first time in history that so many cars had been produced so early in the year. Even though wildcat walkouts at Cadillac and at some Chevrolet plants trimmed G.M. production 12%, most assembly lines were back to normal...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Warning Light | 6/27/1955 | See Source »

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