Word: fender
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...male drivers under 25 interviewed, more than a third had had accidents during the past year, and nearly half had received tickets for moving traffic violations. "When they begin driving, they are aglow with new skill and somewhat careful," says Schuman. "If they have accidents, they are usually merely fender benders. Later, they want faster cars and take more chances." Accidents for drivers over 21 and under 25 are fewer-but more often fatal...
...Lamp Is Low as well as belt out Bill Bailey or Cabaret with a rhythmic finesse that connoisseurs find rare in singers nowadays. There is virtually no style, in fact, that she does not command. With her husband's intricate piano work and the backing of drums and fender bass, her performance has put Kansas City back on the map for jazz lovers...
...horoscopes in the newspapers or magazines hardly take them seriously. As one enthusiast explains, "It's an institution for buttressing opinions and explaining mishaps. According to the magazine you buy, you can always find a comfortable explanation to soften the blow of anything from infidelity to a bumped fender. If you don't find your answer, just change magazines...
Cold-Eyed Calculation. Holding equal sway with the tyranny of time, is the tyranny of pictures. To the TV reporter, his producer is a man who dotes on "fender-bender footage": auto crashes, fires, demonstrations, fights...
...Ford spoke, the safety furor continued on other fronts. General Motors admitted that the owners of 15,000 Buick Specials in the 1963 series sold with oversize tires might find that the tires can be scraped by the inside of the fender. And automakers continued to call back past products for new safety fixes. Items...