Word: forded
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...headlines as proCommunists (TIME, Aug. 9), the school caught a whiff of bad publicity. But, respected and liked in her Vermont community, Rugged Individualist Hinton attracted the children of some of the nation's top professional and amateur educators (e.g., High Commissioner for Germany James B. Conant, former Ford Foundation President Paul G. Hoffman, Pundit Marquis Childs), and unendowed Putney prospered...
...classes under the auspices of various church groups, nearly 2,000,000 are taking courses from various U.S. libraries, and an estimated 5,000,000 are going to school via TV. At the same time, the foundations are stirring up the field as never before. In 1952-53 the Ford-sponsored Fund for Adult Education spent more than $9,000,000 on every sort of project from the American Library Association's American Heritage Program to promote the study of basic American documents (6,917 students) to the Great Books Foundation's seminars (21,000). In 1954, indeed...
...showrooms around the U.S., Ford this week will show off its 1955 entries in the race for first place in the auto industry. The new Fords are lower and longer-looking, with a V-shaped chrome strip on the sides, visored headlights, wrap-around windshields and sporty, latticework grilles. To keep up with Chevrolet's new V-8 engine, Ford has boosted its own V-8's horsepower from 130 to 162, with optional carburetors and dual exhausts to push it to 182. All cars will come equipped with tubeless tires. The new paint combinations are dazzling...
...Ford Foundation grant, made Aug. 20, is supporting the venture, initiated three years ago through the efforts of Turkish businessmen and the government itself...
WEST COAST AUTO BUYERS will soon pay up to $160 less a car under a new pricing and delivery system put into effect by General Motors, Ford and Chrysler. To cut the price spread between Detroit and the West Coast, the companies will tack higher transportation costs on cars sold within 1,200 miles of Detroit, use the additional revenue to lower freight to more distant markets...