Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Some. A nut once asked me to do his sandals and wouldn't pay 'cause I got black on his stocking. He had a beard like Lincoln. One guy always makes me polish the tip of his shoe laces." That exhausted his list of Unique Persons. "Do you like to shine shoes...
...from Lincoln, Neb., in the heart of the budget-conscious Midwest, came a remarkable wire sent by officials of the National Bank of Commerce to President Eisenhower. The bankers suggested that Deputy Air Force Chief Curtis LeMay be placed in charge of a unified U.S. missile program. Then they said: "As bankers, we realize the dilemma facing us-maintaining prosperity while controlling inflation, and at the same time maintaining a costly war-deterrent machine. We assure you of our backing in a program that will guarantee survival...
...simple. He had to design a monumental building of many uses that would at the same time be the gateway to a park and the lakefront symbol of the city. His answer was to keep the main floor open, se that a visitor entering from the upper level, off Lincoln Memorial Drive, can see through to the lake beyond, thus providing a visual link between city and lake. To give the building sweep and drama, he designed soaring, 30-ft. cantilevers for the upper stories, which house meeting rooms and a two-story memorial hall...
Ford also has a zippier (300 h.p. or more), completely restyled, four-seater Thunderbird aimed more at the family than the sports-car market. But the car Ford worked hardest on is the Lincoln, frankly aimed at knocking Cadillac from leadership of the luxury market. Longest car on the road (229 in.), the Lincoln looks like a popular version of the Continental, which now becomes the top-priced Lincoln series, has horsepower boosted to 375 h.p., and new weight distribution that makes it handle like a sports car. Says Stylist Walker: "If that Lincoln doesn't beat Caddy...
...Colbert made Virgil Exner, who had worked under Raymond Loewy styling the new eye-catching, postwar Studebaker, director of styling, did styling come into its own at Chrysler. Ford also cared so little for style that it let its out side bodybuilders design the new models, except for the Lincoln Zephyr and the famed Continental, which were largely designed by Edsel Ford, who understood the value of good design but was unable to sell his ideas to Old Henry. When President Henry Ford II's new team took over after World War II, it realized the mistake...