Word: detroit
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last year, they reached a consensus that more than 11 million cars would be sold during the 1978 model-year. Then they spent the winter chewing their nails; as snowstorms ravaged the Midwest and Northeast, sales fell to an annual rate of around 10 million. Now the prognosticators of Detroit think they are being vindicated. Though a downturn in the last ten days kept March sales from catching up to those in the same month a year earlier, they came within 1.4%. Even better, sales of 883,000 U.S.-made cars and 192,000 imports during the month work...
...grain of hope with the tacit, suppressed knowledge in the back of his mind that around August, no matter how many home runs Jim Rice hits, or how awesome Yaz is out there in left--the cold hand of fate will sweep down from New York or Baltimore or Detroit and topple all the dominos...
...Detroit 3, Texas...
...hired about 1,000 workers. Most live within 35 miles of New Stanton, but some with special skills have come from Ohio and New York. For management talent, VW turned to Wolfsburg and Detroit. To run the Volkswagen Manufacturing Corp. of America, VW raided General Motors and got lanky James McLernon. Despite seven years of service as Chevrolet's general manufacturing manager, he was passed over for a vice presidency and was ripe for plucking. He left GM with some misgivings: "It was a tough decision to make." But VW's lure was a reported $1 million, five...
...abundance of electrical slaves pose almost insuperable problems for the professional Mr. Fix-It, who can afford neither the space nor the capital to stock an adequate inventory of spare parts. Even big department stores, such as Macy's in New York City and Hudson's in Detroit, treat conked-out appliances like leprosy cases. As a result, many frustrated owners simply stash away the mute, inoperable machines like dirty clothes until they have enough to fill a shopping bag and take to a good repair shop-if they can find...