Word: doored
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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When it came time to waddle into the closed-door executive board huddle, Dave Beck looked tense and twitchy. Five hours later he bounced out beaming. The General Executive Board had resolved that 1) the A.F.L.-C.I.O.'s suspension of Beck as an A.F.L.-C.I.O. vice president was "illegal," and 2) the Teamsters would refuse to appear before the A.F.L.-C.I.O. Ethical Practices Committee "on May 6, 1957 or at any other time" until they got guarantees of a "fair" hearing...
...anything from an Austin to a Renault or Volkswagen (never a Hillman Minx, of course); it has unusual features, such as the engine being in back (which makes for question-provoking louvres where the trunk lid should be), or turn signals that point out from the door posts instead of blinking from the rear fenders, lending a quaint, Old World flavor. The real virtue of the little car, of course, lies just in its being little. The great amount of crowding necessary, and the uncomfortableness that arises, make up for the loss of the windblown Lambretta feeling and impart...
...best suburbs. Modern "family bowling centers'" are embellished with cafés, drugstores, beauty parlors, nurseries for the children. As a final embellishment of respectability the Bowling Congress last week was urging all fans to join in a quiet campaign to replace the "alley" and its back-door connotation, with the more genteel word "lane...
...company back into the luxury-car market, gives it, and Curtiss-Wright, permission to import and manufacture Mercedes-Benz diesel engines and fuel-injection systems. With an eye on the sales surge of cheaper foreign cars, S-P also plans to produce a stripped-down version of its two-door "Champion" this year. Price: about...
Beal, who was formerly an editor of the Boston Post, had a collection which included programs, paintings, clippings, photographs and the former touring production, "Through the Back Door of the Circus...