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Word: impalas (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...automobile is the greatest friend nature ever had. Cars are affectionately named for animals (cougar, mustang, falcon, impala); gasolines keep engines clean; and there are seldom more than three vehicles on the road at any time...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Essay: Is There Intelligent Life on Commercials? | 4/16/1973 | See Source »

More surprising than the figures has been a drastic change in the mix of cars bought. Traditionally, medium-priced, standard-sized cars, such as the Chevrolet Impala or Ford Galaxie, have been most popular. This year, drivers are switching en masse to the three smallest and least expensive lines: the intermediates, compacts and subcompacts. Last month, for the first time, these cars accounted for a full 50% of all cars sold...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The Blue Denim Boom | 7/3/1972 | See Source »

...lead induna, or head man, resplendent in hyena tails and impala, monkey and civet skins, carried an Instamatic. Alongside the bare-breasted girls singing for the warriors were some in Maidenform bras. When the newly enthroned Paramount Chief left the party, it was in a new Chrysler. In most respects, however, the crowning of 23-year-old Prince Zwelithini Goodwill Ka-cyprian Bhekuzulu in the Royal Kraal at Nongoma last week was faithful to the folkways of the days when the Zulus were the largest tribe and mightiest warriors in all of Black Africa...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SOUTH AFRICA: The Last Zulu War | 12/13/1971 | See Source »

...find out, the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety, a research group financed by auto insurers, ran a series of head-on test crashes at 40 to 50 m.p.h. Each collision pitted a small car against a larger model produced by the same U.S. manufacturer: a Chevrolet Vega against an Impala, a Ford Pinto against a Galaxie, a Dodge Colt against a Plymouth Fury, an American Motors Gremlin against an Ambassador...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTO SAFETY: Small Size, Big Risk | 11/29/1971 | See Source »

...buyers of small new cars, which now account for one-third of sales. In some crashes, the small car was smashed into a pile of twisted junk barely recognizable as an auto, while the bigger car sustained relatively moderate damage. In the Chevrolet crash, a dummy placed in the Impala only struck its head against the dashboard, but the dummy in the Vega was beheaded by a section of the hood that was hurled back through the windshield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTO SAFETY: Small Size, Big Risk | 11/29/1971 | See Source »

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