Word: midmonth
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Chrysler was the only company to start its plan early enough to have an appreciable effect on the midmonth sales total. It posted sales of 23,608 cars, up 90% from the horrendous decline in the first ten days of January- but still 8% down from the same period last year. Says Chrysler Sales Chief Robert McCurry: "It's like the old days, when new car introductions made people excited and enthusiastic...
Greeks and Freaks. One evening at midmonth, there was a good-natured confrontation outside the student union between a group of "Greeks" (fraternity types) and "Freaks" (members of the university's long-hair set). Six city police rolled up and soon were reinforced by nightstick-toting plainclothesmen. There followed what by most accounts was a police riot: the cops went berserk, clubbing students and bystanders indiscriminately. Among the casualties was Senior Richard Winstead, a former all-state basketball star and campus beau ideal. Strolling on the Dekehouse lawn with a date, Winstead was wrestled into some bushes and stick...