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...from Detroit's point of view, they preferred to buy big. The auto companies responded by producing more V-8-powered, full-size cars, the industry's real moneymakers, and by making its successful compacts, such as the Ford Falcon and the Plymouth Valiant, longer and heavier...
More headlines, more gaps and contradictions, more embarrassing revelations day by day. As he fought to retain his hold on the Democratic Party's presidential nomination, Jimmy Carter last week continued to bear the burden of Billy-and it was getting heavier all the time...
...shekel has fallen from 3.4 to 4.7 to the dollar. Because of its huge domestic and foreign borrowings, the country already must spend a crippling 30% of its G.N.P. on repayment of loans and interest. As its currency loses value, the burden of its foreign debts will become heavier. But despite all this, Israel has no plans to ease the country off cost of living adjustments. In fact, the government is expected to pass new legislation this week that would index income taxes to inflation...
...refused to enter the armed forces in 1967, saying, "I ain't got nothing against no Viet Cong; no Viet Cong never called me nigger." The hate mail poured in, heavier and more violent than ever. Somebody once sent him a dead chihuaha for Christmas...
...both 1959 and 1970, the Big Three introduced new small cars to fight the imports. But successful small models such as the Ford Falcon grew heavier and weighted down with options. Others, such as GM's Corvair and Vega, which were widely criticized for poor engineering, sold badly. The imports rebounded unharmed from both assaults. Sales of imported cars, just 498,785 in 1960, had more than tripled...