Word: fender
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Horsepower. In Atlantic City, after complaining to police that a horse had kicked in a fender of his car, Motorist Robert C. Pearson was informed that all he could do was bring a civil suit for damages: "It's not a motor vehicle violation, because a horse is not operated by a gasoline-driven motor...
...medics? are now armed. Said one ambulance driver: "I drove wounded in the fighting from the English Channel to Germany, but this is the first war I had to shoot my way through to get them." Ambulances in Korea today have the driver flanked by a rifleman on each fender...
...older boys bought two tractors and a three-ton truck. Maw & Paw picked out a new Chrysler sedan with white wall tires, then "upped and went travelin'." They covered 7,500 miles in Canada and the U.S. Later, back home, they dented a fender in a collision with a truck. Explained one of the kids: "It happened one night when we were going to a fire down the road...
...true that the Iliad is The Poem, and the Odyssey is The Other. It may or may not be true that an educated man is one who can read Plato in the original with his feet on the fender. But a man with a degree in Classics is likely never to regret...
...Depending on the horsepower, the N.X.I, would go 35 to 50 miles on a gallon, have a top speed of 60 to 70 m.p.h., and cost $950 to $1,000. The car has no trunk compartment (baggage is stored behind the seat) and no fancy chrome trimmings; the hood, fender and front bumper are a single unit...