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...Millions of children received their first exposure to classical music when they heard the background to The FBI in Peace and War (Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges), or to The Lone Ranger (Rossini's William Tell Overture, Liszt's Les Preludes), or to The Green Hornet (Rimski-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee). The Hornet and the Ranger were creations of Fran Striker and George W. Trendle, who furnished them both with similar appurtenances. The Masked Rider of the Plains had a faithful Indian companion, Tonto, and a 200-carpower horse, Silver. The Green Hornet...
Chapin's corporate philosophy is that "there is always a place for someone who can do things a little bit differently." In developing AMC's compact Hornet in 1969, being a little different meant designing a car that would also serve as the basis for the company's entry in the subcompact sweepstakes. Instead of designing a whole new subcompact, as GM did with its Vega and Ford with the Pinto, American Motors spent a remarkably low $5,000,000 and simply cut down the Hornet. As a result, the company produces the only subcompact with...
...fool with women or even kill the bad guys; he did endure and make a fortune for Trendle. The Lone Ranger lasted 20 first-run years on radio and twelve on television, and the show's popularity inspired Trendle to create two more true-blue heroes: The Green Hornet and Sergeant Preston of the Yukon...
...this year's Detroit auto show, which ended last week, the sports compacts were elbowed to the sidelines by family sedans, high-ticket luxury models and by two categories of lightweight, low-cost cars: the compacts (such as the Ford Maverick, Chevrolet Nova and American Motors Hornet) and subcompacts (such as Ford Pinto, Chevy Vega and Dodge Colt). Summarizing the change in taste, Chrysler Vice President Bob McCurry told TIME Correspondent David DeVoss: "The emphasis now is on practicality, quality and convenience, and it is the young people who are leading the parade...
Williams is being vindicated. Last week his experimental car, a specially fitted American Motors Hornet, with a turbine engine tucked away under the hood, made its first appearance. Whining slightly, it was tested at the federal Environmental Protection Agency's lab at Ann Arbor, Mich. EPA officials were delighted with the engine, which works by using compressed air to drive its turbines. Compact, vibrationless and delivering 80 h.p., it runs on any hydrocarbon fuel from kerosene to coal oil. and gets about 15 miles per gallon in urban traffic. It is also 30% lighter...