Word: gine
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...message to his children shuffles the terms of his earlier boasts; "Never in my life had I had the idea of playing Pygmalion to any woman, because I have too much respect for human personality." Yet he did not like his first wife's given name, Régine, so he called her Tigy; he renamed the young woman who became their housemaid and his lover, dubbing her Boule instead of Henrīette. His second wife, whom he now reviles and calls D. rather than Denise, underwent a similar transformation: "In Canada I had gotten D. to give...
Ford's most surprising move is the re-introduction of the 1960s-style "muscle car." An optional turbocharged, V-8 en gine (17 m.p.g.) will power some Mustangs and Capris from 0 m.p.h. to 60 m.p.h. in 7.5 seconds. That kind of dragstrip macho has been virtually extinct since the end of the era of 300-per-gal. gasoline...