Word: downs
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Automobile sales will rise to 7,000,000 from 6,000,000 this year, in line with the rising U.S. population and a 6% increase in disposable personal income, said Louis J. Paradise, chief statistician for the U.S. Department of Commerce. But car production will be held down for several...
First to be warmed was the railroad industry. Freight-car loadings jumped 14% for the week to 638,408 cars, the largest traffic since the 697,633 cars loaded in the last week of June. Even the steel industry's biggest and hardest-hit customer, the auto industry, began...
After the decision was made in 1955, Ford ran more studies to make sure the new car had precisely the right "personality." Research showed that Mercury buyers were generally young and hot-rod-inclined, while Pontiac, Dodge and Buick appealed to middle-aged people. Edsel was to strike a happy...
An hour and a half later, the two had bagged six ducks. Then Curtice sighted a low-flying flock, off to his left. He leveled on the lead duck and fired. At that instant. Anderson stood up, inexplicably lurched toward Curtice, and caught the full blast in his head.* "That...
No fewer than four U.S. automakers, Willys, Ford, Chrysler and General Motors, are scrambling for shares of the growing auto market. G.M.'s Holden subsidiary began in 1948 to produce a small car for Aussie markets, sells 100,000 units annually and posted a profit last year of $34...