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Word: guzzlers (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...that translates into monthly payments of 5 $307.57, v. $336.35 on a higher-interest mortgage. The buyer of a car rated by the Environmental Protection Agency at 25 miles per gallon or more on the highway qualifies for a four-year loan at 8.75%; the buyer of a gas guzzler pays 9.5% or more. Ten-year, 8.75% loans are available on fuel-saving craft such as sailboats...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ENERGY: Reward for Thrift | 7/26/1976 | See Source »

...subsidiary roads in Missouri (he is often refused permission to skate on interstate highways, which would cut his time considerably), he reached Tulsa, Okla., by his reckoning the exact mid-point in his journey. He may also have surpassed Hugh Hefner as the world's biggest Pepsi-Cola guzzler. Pepsi not only put up $1,500 for the trip but also staked the skater to all the pop he could drink, provided that he attire himself in Pepsi T shirts...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Modern Living: States on Skates | 6/17/1974 | See Source »

...less into autos. "The car is making our cities uninhabitable," he says. "That may sound silly from somebody who sells gasoline. But better mass transit is mandatory because it does not waste as much space and energy as the car does." Wagner does not always need a gasoline guzzler to get around; he recently bought a bicycle and cycles frequently along The Netherlands' picturesque canal banks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: EXECUTIVES: Wagnerian Era | 7/17/1972 | See Source »

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