Word: gal
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...staid old Daimler, best known for the limousines it builds for Britain's royal family, introduced a car specially designed for the U.S. market: a sleek, two-seater Daimler Dart sports car with speeds up to 123 m.p.h. and gas mileage of better than 30 miles per gal. On sale in the U.S. next year, the Dart will be priced at about $3,800. Some other show stoppers...
...Holland's first U.S. entry, the DAF 600, a new five-passenger, two-cylinder family car with top speed of 57 m.p.h., 40 miles per gal. gas consumption. Price...
...Japan's Toyopet Crown Custom, a four-cylinder, four-door family car with top speed of 80 m.p.h., and 33 miles per gal. Price...
...Paul Dispatch and the A.P. still hoped the story was legitimate, but they found it hard to answer the Portland Oregonian's Assistant Managing Editor Edward M. Miller, who had exposed the same old yarn as a fraud in 1935. He wired A.P.: THAT GAL MUST BE GETTING
...makers to be far more effective than other fire-retarding paints was brought out by Baltimore Paint & Chemical Corp. Called Saf, it stops flames from spreading, insulates interiors against heat by forming a coat of cellular puffs up to an inch thick when touched by fire. Cost: $8 per gal...