Word: grayness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...point, the harp seals of maritime Canada live fortuitous lives. The gray-tan harp-so called because of a harp-shaped black blotch on its back-cannot swim at birth and dies if whelped into the frigid ocean off Labrador. By a generous natural coincidence, however, whelping occurs just as spring thaws begin to break up the winter ice in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. Taking advantage of the breakup, pregnant cows among the 800,000 harps make their way south. Swimming down the Labrador coast and through the Strait of Belle Isle, they enter the broad Gulf...
...teen-ager used to be that nice adolescent next door, witness Sheila James in the Stu Erwin Show, Billy Gray in Father Knows Best, and Tony Dow in Leave It to Beaver. The neo-Penrod type was stereotyped by Ricky Nelson, who grew into and out of adolescence before the entire nation on The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet...
Multimillion Call. At Pan Am, Chair man Harold Gray and President Najeeb Halaby were rather chagrined to discover that Resorts had a call on al most 10% of the airline's common stock and could fairly easily become the largest shareholder. Looking into Resorts, they found that it was largely a family affair run by Crosby, 41, and some of his relatives. Crosby in 1958 had taken over the Mary Carter Paint Co. ("Buy One-Get One Free"); he later bought most of Huntington Hartford's interests on Paradise Island and sold the paint-making part...
...American Stock Exchange barred trading in Resorts' shares until the company satisfactorily explained its intentions regarding Pan Am. Though Resorts disclaimed any interest in taking over Pan Am, the ban continued through week's end. Jim Crosby was rapidly learning that, as Gray put it, "the airline business is unique. It involves something more than just business with a dollar sign. It should not become a pawn on a chessboard in a financial game for profits. Pan Am is a king...
Plenty of hard compromises had to be made on the Maverick. Anything that added to style, size or performance raised the list price. In the fervid debates among Ford's engineers, stylists and cost accountants, lacocca was the final arbiter. The accountants wanted plain gray upholstery; lacocca ordered bright plaids, though the decision increased the price of each car by several dollars. He ordered the body made wide enough so that six passengers could squeeze in in a pinch. "I could have taken a slice down the middle of that car, maybe three inches, still gotten four people...