Word: lincolnisms
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...effect, no one likes Ed except his 35 million viewers and his ecstatic sponsor: the Lincoln-Mercury Dealers. The dealers speak of Ed with reverential awe. Dealer Paul Pusey in Richmond reckons that Ed "does two-thirds of our selling...
Nearly every major meeting the dealers attend finds Sullivan on hand with a load of entertainers. To further the cause of Lincoln-Mercury, Ed has addressed steelworkers before their blast furnaces in Pittsburgh, landed on Boston Common in a helicopter, gone down 20 ft. in a Navy diving suit and sailed up the Mississippi in a barge before 75,000 spectators at the opening of the Memphis Cotton Carnival. His identification with his sponsor is so strong that any Lincoln or Mercury buyer who is dissatisfied with his car is apt to drop Ed a complaining line. (Within ten days...
...readers American Heritage offers a rich blend of good storytelling, vivid historical fact, and fine color pictures. Heritage articles have included an account of the illegitimate birth and wretched boyhood of Alexander Hamilton, Robert Todd Lincoln's agonized testimony in court that his mother was insane, a suppressed account of the death of John Brown, and a medical study of George Washington (who turned out a 4-F by modern standards...
Possessors of a varied attack, the Ephmen do best when they employ a short passing game, also the Crimson's forte. The key man in the Williams attack is outside Tom Lincoln, an All-New England choice last season...
...rubber to roof, it is deliberately reminiscent of its famed predecessor. The body is long (18 ft. 2 in.) and low (56 in.). The spare-tire mount, a hallmark of the old Continental, is now molded into the trunk lid. Under its 6-ft. hood is a souped-up Lincoln engine with an estimated 300 h.p. (because Ford wants to avoid a horsepower contest with other big cars, the exact figures are secret). Automatic transmission, power steering, power brakes and power windows are standard equipment; the sole optional feature is air conditioning. To preserve its elegant finish (two double coats...