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Thanks to inflation and the continuing energy shortage, the compact car seems here to stay. Now, with driveway ready, comes the compact house. In suburban areas around the country, builders are turning out no-frills houses that sell for prices ranging in most areas from about $20,000 to $36,000. Aimed primarily at buyers who would not otherwise be able to afford a home of their own in today's market, the small houses in some areas are breaking sales records in a recession-dogged industry...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: Now, the No-Frills House | 2/23/1976 | See Source »

There were no endurance races sneaking rides on car bumpers, no style points allotted to the technique of your driveway shoveling, and heaven forbid, no contests of throwing snowballs at moving Mack trucks...

Author: By Richard J. Doherty, | Title: Rags to Riches | 2/18/1976 | See Source »

...with TV cameras mounted atop each corner. He rarely ventures outside without burly bodyguards, who often tote submachine guns. Recently a Vesco entourage in a six-car caravan made a trip to the coastal city of Limón, whose officials were courting a Vesco investment. After entering the driveway of a popular country restaurant, the convoy suddenly pulled out and sped away. Someone had spotted the American ambassador's car parked out front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONALITY: Learning to Love Exile | 2/9/1976 | See Source »

...friend's house whose father is the president of UAB. The university has given him this mansion to live in which is nothing short of incredible. The kitchen alone could service a community. First you are buzzed in at the gate, then you drive up a winding driveway until you come to The House. The front is part of a residential neighborhood of old homes while at the back there is a terrace with a steep drop to downtown. On one side you are blinded by the gleaming lights of the metropolis while on the other you are seeped...

Author: By Anne Cherner, | Title: New Year's | 1/13/1976 | See Source »

...only one in his family to finish grade school, but unlike Pa Joad of Steinbeck's novel, he finally made it big−in oil. Shirley is proud: "He supports everybody in sight now. He has two Lincoln Continentals and a mobile home parked in his driveway...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Show Business: Taking Chances | 12/1/1975 | See Source »

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