Word: knighton
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...Sallie Knighton, 26, moved back to her parents' suburban Atlanta home to save enough money to buy a car. Her job as a teacher provided only enough money to cover car payments and an additional loan she had taken out. Once the loan was paid off, she decided to take a crack at a modeling career. Living at home, says Knighton, continues to give her security and moral support. "If I had lived away," she says, "I would be miserable still teaching." Her mother concurs, "It's ridiculous for the kids to pay all that money for rent. It makes...
...month it presents Philip Glass's new opera Akhnaten. Splendid singing? Clarion-voiced Tenor Jerry Hadley shone as Tom Rakewell in Stravinsky's The Rake's Progress, and the company's impressive roster of young sopranos this season includes Kaaren Erickson, Elizabeth Hynes and Elizabeth Knighton...
Detroit has been skeptical of the kind of Japanese gadgetry shown last week. Charles L. Knighton, Ford vice president of small-car engineering and planning, calls many of the devices "dust catchers." Ford has received mixed reaction to its on-board computer, which provides information like projected gas mileage and estimated time of arrival for a trip. Chrysler offered the talking feature on its 1983 models, but consumer response has been so poor that the company may abandon it. Said AMC's Murphy: "The pure gimmickry won't sell if people think it cheapens the car." Nonetheless...