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Dates: during 1930-1939
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Pennsylvania uses the Harlow offense to a great extent, but its use is modified by the material on the squad. Chizmadia, Connell, and Rainwater are three lucking backs who generate power aplenty. They are all too big to become accomplished spinners so they just lower their heads and ram into the line for their yardage. It's much loss complicated that way, and there are three of them to alternate at the thankless task. So you'll see less spinning from the Quakers than from the Crimson, but more plays on a direct pass from center...

Author: By D. D. P., | Title: WHAT'S HIS NUMBER? | 10/17/1939 | See Source »

Pontiac introduces a new Torpedo eight this year to pep up its design, has restyled its Special six series with longer, lower hoods. Prices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Motormakers' Holiday | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Chevrolet's 1940 series (Master Eighty-Five, Master De Luxe, Special De Luxe) are longer (by 4⅜ in.), wider, lower, bigger than any Chevrolet ever built. Prices: unannounced. Alligator-jaw hood locks automatically, unlocks only from the dashboard...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Motormakers' Holiday | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

Packard styling appears unchanged from last year except for narrower radiators with rounded edges and more chrome grille work. Four lines (two of them brand new) are priced $20 to $100 lower this year at $867 to $6,283. The new 160 & 180 (eight cylinders, 160 h.p.) replace the Super Eight and Twelve. Shop talk: big gains in power-to-weight ratio...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: Motormakers' Holiday | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

...follow his competitors' price cut to 10?. Last week poker-playing Gates showed that he believes in flexible prices-on the up side. He posted a price of 12½?, panicked consumers to come back into the market for more inventory. Reluctantly Kennecott and Anaconda, both with lower costs han Phelps Dodge, followed the price up, while frightened consumers bought still more. Small copper fabricators, worried, ike small steelmen, about the rising price and shortened supplies of their raw material, began to exert political pressure on Washington to halve the 4? a pound copper tariff, in order to unfix...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: STATE OF BUSINESS: Boom | 10/16/1939 | See Source »

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