Word: forded
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Alan Greenspan, chairman of the Council of Economic Advisers under Gerald Ford, cites another benefit: "Because property taxes are a component of the consumer price index, and because California property taxes are such a large portion of the national total, the proposition will cut the index by .2% in December-say, from an inflation rate...
...million acres of Rhodesian land and substantial concessions, sugar and tea plantations in Malawi, textile mills in the Ivory Coast, newspapers, copper mines and breweries in Zambia, coal, platinum and copper mines in South Africa, and the continent's largest auto dealership (selling, in addition to Mercedes, Ford and Toyota cars). The company has diversified far beyond Africa, employing 100,000 people in 600 subsidiaries in 43 countries...
...apron. To practice up for Uzies, the Manhattan restaurant he plans to open, he has been tending bar at a local dining spot. "As long as they don't throw me a piña colada, I'm O.K.," says Uzielli, who is the ex of Henry Ford's younger daughter, Anne. Uzies will specialize in Italian cooking, including pizza. "I don't like the word pizza. It cheapens it," says Uzielli. By any name, his will cost $8 a slice...
Customers have been motivated largely by fears of inflation: for the moment, at least, their attitude is buy now -before the price goes up. That could change, but in May, Ford Motor Co.'s sales were a bulging 19% higher than a year ago, and Chrysler and American Motors showed moderate to handsome advances. GM sold 716,000 cars during May, a record for any month...
Detroit's subcompacts did well against the imports, whose prices rose as the dollar sank relative to other currencies. Models such as Chrysler's Omni, Chevy's Chevette and Ford's Mustang II cut into foreign makers' share of the U.S. market and drove it down from 21% in January...