Word: detroits
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...withheld their public fire?and ire. Said Frank Ikard, president of the American Petroleum Institute: "No segment of society is going to have everything its own way. But it would be tragic if strident divisiveness prevented the creation of a meaningful policy." Yet from Houston's Petroleum Club to Detroit's Athletic Club, leaders of the most affected industries were fuming...
...going to be as unpopular as the President says. He's in line with the underlying thinking of the people. The country wants leadership." Democratic Congressman Morris Udall likened some of the protest to imaginary congressional reaction on the day after Pearl Harbor: "You interviewed the Congressman from Detroit and he said, 'The Japanese attack was outrageous, but before we rush into war, let's see how it would affect the automobile industry.' And then somebody else said, 'It was dastardly, but consider the effect on oil,' and another Congressman said, 'War could be very serious for recreation and tourism...
...more than seven-tenths of one percentage point to living costs between now and 1980. Automakers would be hurt, but not disastrously. Though sales of small models would climb under the plan, Eckstein sees a net sales drop of 300,000 U.S.-made cars a year and Detroit sales in dollar terms running about 4% a year below what they would otherwise be through...
...found it ironic that TIME reported on the sex murders of the children in Detroit and the increasing trend toward child pornography-then in People printed the picture of an eleven-year-old girl, Brooke Shields, posing in a pink slip and lipstick, telling about her newest movie role as a preteen prostitute...
...Detroit--Fenway Park (afternoon game...