Word: forded
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Richard M. Nixon, 69, 37th President U.S. Resigned Aug. 9, 1974, rather face almost certain impeachment House of Representatives and from office in Senate trial. Pardoned his successor, Gerald Ford, on Sept. 8, 1974. Writes books, travels. Lives in Saddle...
...screen mayhem, however, gains its authenticity from the heart. Stallone has built his stories on psychic lines that owe as much to myth as to realism. Says Shire, who is Francis Ford Coppola's sister: "Sylvester tapped the American spirit. I think a person who spent so long with his nose pressed against the window sees things in a most interesting way. Despite his success, he's extremely accessible. That's what's so ironic. Stallone is so famous now he has to stay isolated behind those gates to protect himself...
...meant for me to run 500 miles." This year Johncock managed to hold on for a full-length victory, though the jaws of defeat were snapping close behind. With 13 laps left, Johncock's STP Wildcat-Cosworth was 12 sec. ahead of the second-place car, a Penske-Ford driven by Rick Wears, 30. Then Mears began closing in, gaining almost a second a lap. Johncock kept thinking desperately, "Is it going to stay together? Is it going to stay together?" It did, and he did, but only narrowly. He won by a mere .16 sec. in the closest...
...other companies, which were too financially weak to match GM's 12.8% deal, scored much smaller gains. Ford, with a sales rise of 1.3%, offered rebates of 5% on the price of most models and a broad two-year warranty for maintenance and repair costs on all of its cars. Chrysler's warranty, which is good for five years or 50,000 miles, helped boost sales 4.8%. To promote these gimmicks, the companies launched costly advertising campaigns. It became almost impossible to watch television without hearing Telly (Kojak) Savalas hawk Fords or Chrysler's Iacocca growl...
...songs of the 1960s, but they went out of production largely because of tough Government fuel-economy and pollution regulations. Now some automakers have produced models that get respectable gas mileage but can still accelerate from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in 7 sec. Some of the hottest sellers: the Ford Mustang GT (up to $1 1,500) and the Chevrolet Camaro...