Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...m.p.g. Meanwhile, in another story, you describe how carmakers are throwing away valuable time and resources on developing a dashboard that talks. The idea that the industry cannot develop a more efficient car is foolish. Even the Moodymobile can accelerate faster than the mossbacks in Detroit...
When The Wiz was previewing in Detroit five years ago, it looked as if the Yellow Brick Road might lead back to Kansas, not Broadway. Applause was limper than the Scarecrow's limbs. Then Geoffrey Holder, who had designed the costumes, was asked to doctor the production. Holder brought the part of the Wiz into sharp focus, wowed the audience with a black tornado stirred up with 100 yds. of silk streamers, and exhorted the frazzled cast members to believe in themselves. It all worked: The Wiz won the 1975 Tony Award for best musical...
Cheng had been actively involved in civil rights work since the early 1960s, when he took part in school boycotts in Detroit for racial desegregation. He was also active in the Freedom Rides and voter registration programs in Mississippi...
...monthly fee would be too high for most prospective patients to afford, unless employers paid most of the premiums. Companies are only beginning to explore the idea. In the Detroit area, GM, Ford, Chrysler and the U.A.W. have joined to sponsor the largest H.M.O. in Michigan, called Health Alliance Plan. Says Jim Walworth, executive director of the plan: "It is our feeling that H.A.P. rates will be 10% lower than the costs of typical conventional medical programs in this area...
...first to fail is Luckett. At Ohio University he finds himself unable to live up to the oversized Bridgeport reputation. "He was the fast gun in town," writes Jordan, "grown tired of proving himself, trying to sustain his image by bluster instead of performance." Drafted by the Detroit Pistons after a round of mishandled negotiations, the disillusioned Luckett boots his chance and gets cut from the team. Oleynick stars at Seattle University, then slides into angry oblivion after a season with the SuperSonics. McLeod, the only one of the three to finish college, is robbed of his chance at glory...