Word: modestly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...figures also showed what kind of quarter each company had and which companies stand to benefit most from the auto boom. Though there were no revolutionary changes in Detroit's 1964 models, it was clear that new styling paid off at the expense of cars that had only modest styling changes, and that the U.S. consumer has moved even further toward larger, more expensive cars, ∙ GENERAL MOTORS. By selling 1,122, 050 autos in the last quarter, General Motors lifted its already commanding share of the market half a point to 54.5%. G.M. rose chiefly on the sales...
...most that can be said so far of any surgery for ulcers is what modest Dr. Weinberg says of his own technique: "It will have to do until we discover something better...
...have their children put up free. The idea caught on-not only with families but with traveling businessmen and eager franchisers; today Wilson, 50, flies 150,000 miles annually to open new inns or pick additional locations. Although innkeeping has made him a millionaire, he still lives in a modest Memphis ranch house, still entertains with outdoor barbecues. He greets favored visitors with special business cards bearing their names, and below: "World traveler, international lover and last of the big spenders...
...projects, although begun with more modest objectives, far exceeded expectations, the report stated, citing Major Gordon Cooper's 22-orbit flight and the Mariner II probe that relayed a wealth of data about Venus. "With the great Saturn booster due to become operational in 1964-65," Jane's added, "the suggestion that America and the Soviet Union should work together on major projects like lunar exploration is both timely and sensible now that the prospective partners are attaining a measure of equality...
...bathroom-that place of splash and gurgle, electric razor buzz and after-shave fragrance, that small citadel of privacy where one goes to doctor oneself, make faces in the mirror, or commit suicide-is undergoing a renaissance. Even the modest homeowner wants more of them; small houses, which moved up from a single bath to a bath and a half about ten years ago, are now being built with two and 2½ bathrooms, and bigger ones at that. And the rich are asking for and getting bathrooms with pool-type tubs, wall-to-wall carpeting, mirrored ceilings, arched canopies...