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Defilade. In Oklahoma City, after Driver Jerry Clifford Moland was brought to court for sideswiping a car, his fine was suspended when he explained that his front-seat female passenger weighed more than 200 Ibs. and that he "couldn't see over...
...sleek, stylish new Kaiser set Texas dealers whooping, rodeo-fashion. Powered with a new 115-h.p., six-cylinder K-F-made engine, the new Kaiser also had optional Hydra-Matic shift (purchased from General Motors). Other selling points: a bigger window area, padded instrument panel to protect front-seat riders in accidents...
...long, wide and low, with a racy air-scoop grille. A single "Uniscope" mounted on the steering column holds the speedometer and other gauges normally on the dashboard. The Nash owner can still sleep in his car, but the new beds can be made up (by lowering the bisected front-seat backrest) into either a single or double bed, without disturbing the rear trunk-compartment. The new Nash costs more than the old one ($275 more in the Super series, up to $390 additional in the Super-Ambassador...
...traffic. The pedestrian lights are designed to restrain those who would match wills with the Boston-brand cowboy. It would be wise to supplement these proposals by changing the position of our policeman and his booth to the center of the intersection. From here it is possible to control front-seat tempers, while as it is now, the law controls little aside from sight-seers and boy scouts...
...Most of the other Russians followed. Ambassador Gromyko stayed in his seat, as if to say that Russia was not deserting the conference. Said Britain's Lord Halifax, strolling from the hall: "I don't think this is the end of the world." The Russians' memories of the League of Nations, and of their unhappy exit from the League, still burn and rankle. Russia perforce took a back seat in the League; she proposes to take and hold a front seat in the new world organization. Front-seat manners will have to be acquired later...