Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mail fraud in December 1971, with the proviso that he have nothing to do with running the union until March 1980, when his sentence would have expired. But Hoffa persisted in trying to regain his old power in the union. On July 30, 1975, he vanished from outside Detroit and was presumably executed by the underworld...
...reflecting pool. The house, built in 1921 in the city's Wilshire district, was once inhabited by Actor John Barrymore. The Getty Oil Co. took it over in 1967 and later donated it to the city, making Los Angeles the third major U.S. city (after New York and Detroit) with a private mayoral residence. As for maintaining the Bradleys' lavish new quarters, apparently taxpayers needn't worry. Regular city workers will staff occasional parties without straining the municipal budget. In fact, because the mayor used to rent expensive hotel ballrooms to entertain dignitaries, the city may even...
...years emphatically argued precisely the opposite, are now betting heavily the answer is yes. With the start of the annual model changeover period, they have begun a massive retooling effort in which they will spend a record amount, some $2.5 billion, to bring about the broadest changes since Detroit sprouted tail fins in the 1950s. Now the industry's favorite new verb is "downsizing," and the products that will begin appearing in showrooms in about eight weeks will define what that means: cars that are shorter, lighter and, if not cheaper to buy, at least easier...
More important to Detroit than the subcompact trade-which, while growing fast, still accounts for just a bit more than 10% of U.S. sales-is the market for mid-size vehicles. This broad bracket, embracing compacts (such as Chevrolet's Nova and Buick's Skylark) as well as intermediates (Chevrolet's Chevelle, Ford's LTD II) and what the industry chooses to call luxury small intermediates (Chrysler's Le Baron and Diplomat), is accounting for 54% of all U.S. auto sales this year. By contrast, the traditional standard or full-size cars now account...
...ever-tightening federal fuel economy standards, which require each company to meet a series of rising average mileage targets for all of its products: 18 for the 1978 models, 20 in 1980 and 27.5 in 1985. Engineering innovations, such as electronic ignition and fuel injection, are helping Detroit meet the mileage goals, but the simplest way to get more out of a gallon of fuel is to make the cars smaller and lighter...