Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Although an auto with both an American and Japanese heritage sounds improbable, it is a direction in which U.S. carmakers have been heading for several years. Chrysler Corp. owns a 15% share of Mitsubishi Motors Corp., Ford Motor Co. has a 25% stake in Toyo Kogyo Co., and GM already holds a 34.2% interest in Isuzu Motors. As one Japanese auto company official put it, GM needs no help in the design and styling of a new model, but it is the Japanese who are really expert at devising an efficient and high-quality production system for small cars...
...bottom been reached? The answer from auto executives is a cautious maybe. According to a report in the Wall Street Journal, GM forecasters are predicting an increase in U.S. car sales of about 15%, but they are more optimistic than their counterparts at Ford or Chrysler. Officials there look for a more modest increase of 10%, to sales of about 6.3 million autos. That is paltry by past standards. In 1978, the industry's most recent peak, 9.3 million U.S.-made cars were sold. Says Maryann Keller of Paine Webber Mitchell Hutchins, regarded as one of the best among...
...general, Wall Streeters are far more bullish than the industry's managers in Detroit. Shares of Chrysler and Ford were among the stock market's superstars last year, rising 426% and 132%, respectively; GM's rose...
With senior Captains Ted Chappell and Larry Countryman, junior Courtney Roberts, and newly arrived freshman Tim Ford. Harvard undeniably has the best distance corps in the East. Roberts and Ford got the call in the 1000 free, and they combined for a one-two finish, respectively, to get the Crimson on the scoreboard...
...With Ford, who arrived from Australia only two weeks ago, relieving Chappell from duty in the distance events in dual meets, the senior All-American took the opportunity to take command in the 200 free. Chappell won the event convincingly in 1:40.96, demonstrating again his reliability in crucial events...