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Word: coupee (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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And Sudden Death. Bad luck, bad weather and just plain fatigue dogged the competitors from start to finish. French favorite Michel Collange was just one kilometer short of the finish line when the brakes of his Simca coupe jammed tight. Just outside Mons, Belgium, Swiss Veteran Willy Berger apparently fell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Monte Carlo or Bust | 2/11/1952 | See Source »

¶ A 1939 Talbot (France): an elegant two-toned coupe with two perfume and vanity compartments for the ladies. "A composition of . . . voluptuous shapes."

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Hollow Rolling Sculpture | 9/10/1951 | See Source »

The Office of Price Stabilization last week brought the first criminal action on a charge of violating a price ceiling. The defendant: Albert Rontell, Los Angeles used-car salesman. The charge: selling a 1950 Cadillac club coupe for $4,597.90, just $937.65 above OPS's ceiling (and well over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business & Finance: OPS on Guard | 4/2/1951 | See Source »

John Ross kept the news under his tan Stetson and went to work. He discovered that right after the murder Kirkes had ordered his coupe repainted, though the garage man insisted it didn't need paint. That same week the big patrolman grabbed an air hose away from a...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: Footprints in the Foothills | 1/8/1951 | See Source »

On almost all G.M. cars there was a significant change in pricing. Most of the extras that had formerly come on cars as "standard" equipment, although at extra cost, were now optional. Thus, a Chewy business coupe could be bought for as little as $1.250 f.o.b. Flint.

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Big Parade | 1/30/1950 | See Source »

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