Word: fiat
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...colored, segregationist or integrationist, have the right to have his voice heard and his experienced and mature judgment considered when what the state will do to and with his own child is decided, or doesn't he? If this right can be denied by arbitrary and unappealable federal fiat, than I beseech you, in the name of God, to tell us what human or civil right remains...
...shapely brunette in sausage-tight skirt stepped from the shadows to the curb as the small Fiat pulled up. "Good evening," she chirped to the leering youth behind the wheel. "Want to come with me?" Just then a cream-colored Lancia sedan eased alongside the Fiat, horn beeping and headlights flicking on and off. Two well-dressed, well-groomed girls smiled invitingly at the young man. "Hello there, want to go for a ride?'' crooned one, ignoring the streetwalker. "Then follow us." The Fiat roared after the Lancia, and the streetwalker retreated snarling to the shadows...
...take them back where you found them." Largely self-employed, the most successful of Milan klaxoners take in as much as $160 nightly, charging about $20 for a ride to a 45-minute assignation in hotel, pension or apartment. Some, starting with a down payment on a tiny Fiat 600, have worked up to Alfa Romeos, Lancias and Fords equipped with bar, reclining seats, recorded music and soft lights...
...often. Last week, for the ninth time in 13 years, her car was on the receiving end of a collision. As in the other crashes, Her Ladyship, an understandably cautious driver by now, was neither injured nor held at fault. Pondering the "bashed-in rear" of her little blue Fiat, Lady Attlee observed: "It was terribly unfortunate." More feelingly, Lord Attlee, her unscathed passenger, snapped: "Damned annoying...
...fashion show in Rome. As the models in chic suits, lowcut evening gowns and bathing suits walked by, the sisters, looking a bit like ravens at a parade of cockatoos, exchanged expert opinions, took precise notes. After the showing, they stepped into Cosi's staff car, a blue Fiat, and drove away to their walled convent on Rome's southern side. There they produced a sprightly and authoritative review of the latest modes...