Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...experts are split down the middle over whether the spending spree will continue?or falter in early 1979 and lead the economy into recession. Detroit's automakers, most of whom had underestimated the strength of this year's sales, almost unanimously expect a repeat of 1978's performance next year. Real estate brokers, pointing to high demand from the now grown "baby boom" generation, predict a banner year in 1979. Yet many economists agree with Vice President Ted Tung of Continental Illinois Bank, who warns, "There will be a substantial slowing of consumer spending in the next six months...
Normally about this time of year, conversation at suburban Detroit's Bloomfield Hills Country Club starts rotating around to how strong the autumn selling season will be. Last week Topic A at the favorite watering hole of the auto industry's top leaders was quite different. Just as they have for weeks, auto executives were buzzing with nonstop speculation as to the motives for Chairman Henry Ford II's firing last month of Lee Iacocca as Ford Motor Co. president...
...occasion was Origins 78, the fourth U.S. national war gamers' conference. For 72 hours, some 3,600 hobbyists, exhibitors and camp followers milled and argued, chattered and competed in a giant tournament. To Paul Wood, 35, chief conference organizer and president of the hosting club, Metro Detroit Gamers, the event was as simple as a military tune: "It's nice to get together, drink a few beers, and have a good time combatting each other." In fact, the whole affair was as complex as, well, a war. All weekend, participants were indulging in the seductive impulse to establish...
More devoted types might want to head out to Schaefer Stadium early next week to watch the Tea Men, currently fighting for second place in the American Conference of the North American Soccer League, do battle with somnambulent Tulsa (on Sunday) and Detroit (on Wednesday). The Detroit tilt will be the next-to-last game of the season for the booters, and a lot should be on the line--a favored spot for the playoffs, Mike Flanigan's chances of edging New York Cosmo Giorgio Chinaglia for the league scoring crown, and lots of pride. But we suspect the Yankee...
...Martin became the manager of the Minnesota Twins, guiding them to the Western Division title, but he was soon fired from that job. In 1972 he took Detroit to the playoffs, but he got fired from there, too. He had a reputation for ignoring his owners, for doing what he thought was best for his club. And no one could argue with the results. In 1974 he took a horrible Texas Rangers club from nowhere to second place in the A.L. West; finally, in 1975, he got what he had wanted all along, to be manager of the Yankees. Then...