Word: generalizing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...proposed ordinance provides for enforcement of the law by a citizen-elected Rent Board, with one member from each of the City's 11 wards. The board would be empowered to review annually increases in landlords' operating expenses and taxes in order to prevent general rent increases from exceeding five per cent in any year...
Colt is presently executive director of the Harvard College Fund, which raises funds from alumni for general use by the Faculty of Arts and Sciences...
Greyhound and General argued over who was going to rule it, but the antagonists quickly realized that the kingdom was big enough for both of them. They called a meeting and asked Billy to abdicate. When he refused, they threatened to take him before the high judges. Rather than risk a fight that he was likely to lose anyway, Billy-still a prince in name and by no means a pauper-gave up his throne last week. After his abdication, the Trustbusters said that they would nonetheless try to stop General from taking over the empire. But Prince was gone...
...year production span of Henry Ford's Model T-the Tin Lizzie that old Henry kept on too long, until it nearly carried him to ruin. Demand for the beetle remains strong, but VW fears getting stuck with a museum piece. Its solution: to become a German General Motors, offering a wide variety of models for different tastes and budgets...
...General Motorization of VW has just advanced significantly. Stockholders of one of Germany's smallest but soundest automakers, NSU Motorenwerke, voted to merge with a Volkswagen subsidiary, Auto Union. They thus formed a combine that could rank on its own as Germany's third largest automaker. NSU, which turns out four basic models, will contribute more than $140 million of the subsidiary's total $400 million in sales this year, and a valuable reputation for innovation as well. It devised the highly efficient Wankel engine, which powers the popular new RO-80 sedan (price...