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Word: fours (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1960-1969
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...cars will not cut deeply into sales of imports but will take markets away from existing U.S. lower-priced models. To reduce their own chances of loss, some foreign producers will send bigger and fancier models to the U.S. Later this year, for example, VW will begin shipping its four-door Audi (U.S. price: around $4,000). Sweden's Saab will soon begin importing a new Maverick-sized car. "If Detroit can come into our market," says Stuart Perkins, head of Volkswagen of America, "we can go into theirs." It should be quite a fight...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: THE MAKING OF THE MAVERICK | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...Among his first clients was Leroy Kelly, who succeeded Brown at Cleveland as the league's leading ground gainer. At the time, Kelly was making $21,000 a year; last year Brown's firm negotiated a new contract that will pay the running back $320,000 over four years...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Playing the Money Game | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

Miss Cantarow seems not to remember telling the CRIMSON that four or five students had prepared 3-5 minute talks on each of the different proposals that she mentioned to the CRIMSON--including a proposal from herself to modify general examinations...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: . . . CRIMSON REPLIES | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

...newly-formed Harvard Polo Club, which numbers about a dozen enthusiasts, manages on a miniscule budget--a far cry from the Polo Clubs of the past. Gone are the days when young men would arrive at Harvard with strings of four or more polo ponies. The club now faces the grim spectre of poverty...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Harvard Polo Is Reborn With Myopia Club's Aid | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

Even if Volpe had tried to make a strong case for the SST, his stand would be flimsy. The arguments about the increased speed and efficiency of the supersonic planes sounded convincing three or four years ago; but since then, scientists have compiled a steadily-growing mound of evidence to suggest that those advantages are illusory...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: High on SST | 3/21/1969 | See Source »

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