Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Between Pontiac and Detroit runs Michigan Highway No.1, Woodward Avenue, four lanes in each direction, a fitting testament to these cities and the industry that built and sustains them. Until the late 1960s Woodward acted not only as the principal thoroughfare between the nation's fifth largest city and Pontiac, but also as one last cement haven for the amateur drag racers who did at times barrel down the wide park way at speeds exceeding one hundred miles an hour. Today, staggered traffic lights and radar-equipped patrol cars have quashed what was once a standard form of recreation...
...arrived in Cleveland that very day to visit my boyfriend, L.S., as a friend calls him, and to confront his parents. To make commections I had had to traverse the entire airport at Detroit, and the airlines had failed to transfer my luggage. Because of the holiday, no one was working and I didn't get my luggage until January 1st was almost over. I had been wearing a new green dress to freak everyone out of their minds but the novelty was beginning to pall and I was yearning for my jeans. That evening we had a sedate family...
...largest department-store chain, figured that its sales ran 10% to 11% ahead of last year's Christmas season. Bloomingdale's, its showpiece division (TIME cover, Dec. 1), posted a 20% gain. Rich's Inc. in Atlanta lifted sales 25% above the 1974 Christmas season and Detroit's J.L. Hudson Co. gained perhaps 10% over even 1973, the banner year for Christmas sales...
...rich King Khalid of Saudi Arabia could doubtless afford a solid-gold Cadillac. Modestly, he ordered instead the longest Cadillac ever built. The Khalidillac, designed by Detroit's articulate extravert Dollie Cole in collaboration with Husband Ed, the former president of General Motors, is a somber navy-blue behemoth that is 25 ft. 2 in. long. The extra length was achieved by splicing in an additional 4 ft. amidships. The Caddy, with no bulletproofing, weighs 7,800 lbs. (v. the standard 5,889), requires supersuspension and stronger tires. Its air conditioning demands added insulation to overcome desert heat. Price...
...with the rising cost of living. The Met orchestra is an excellent, overworked ensemble that is highly conscious of its standing. A cut in annual income would be a humiliation that no comparable orchestra has yet had to accept. Worse, recent contract settlements in Detroit, Pittsburgh and Washington, D.C., gained musicians pay raises of $95 over three years, although the first two were achieved only after costly strikes. The current weekly minimum salary for Met musicians is $385, about the same as at the New York Philharmonic. But with the proposed 44-week year, a Met player would make...