Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...insisted that Britain and France must take part in any summit conference), possibly a Khrushchev visit to the U.S. Besides spending four or five days in Washington, Mikoyan may make a fast fortnight's tour of major U.S. cities-reportedly including Philadelphia, Boston, Cleveland, Chicago, Detroit, Dallas, Los Angeles. San Francisco-to get the feel of U.S. opinion...
...designers have become a self-conscious coterie, well paid and well content with their mission : to save mankind from ugliness in man-made products. The work of such men as Henry Dreyfuss, Ward Bennett and Raymond Loewy in Manhattan and Eero Saarinen (who is both architect and designer) in Detroit has raised industrial design from a mechanical slough of vulgarity. For in the early years of mass production, the sound design of artisans gave way to the cheaply pretentious. The craftsmanlike simplicity of early American furniture was displaced by curlicues and overstuffing, and bathtubs took on lion feet...
Spurring the market's rise were reports from Detroit that automakers are scheduling January production of new cars 22% higher than a year ago. Ford stock rose 32 points when it predicted that dealers would add $1 billion to sales by marketing 200,000 to 400,000 more Ford cars in 1959 than in 1958. Ford's new Galaxie series is accounting for one-third of current sales, and the Ford division will increase its January production schedule of these models 15%. General Motors' Cadillac division reported that retail deliveries of Cadillacs in the first 20 days...
...DETROIT--A mob of screaming Hungarians surged against police lines last night, hurling snowballs at Soviet Deputy Premier A. I. Mikoyan...
SYRACUSE, N.Y., Jan. 4--The Syracuse Nationals outsprinted the Detroit Pistons for a 118-94 victory in their National Basketball Association game today. Despite suffering a back injury, John Kerr had one of his finest games as a pro, leading the winners with 31 points...