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Word: motor (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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African and World Wars, a conscientious officer several times cited in despatches. The great honor done him, last week, may perhaps in some small measure distract his grief at the death of his son, Viscount Trematon, recently killed in a motor accident (TIME, April...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: GREAT BRITAIN: Garters | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

Henry Ford watched pensively, last week, while a line of motor cars no bigger than bathtubs moved briskly toward completion in the huge, humming plant of Morris Motors Ltd., at Cowley, England...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Bathtub Cars | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

English," he observed at last, "are further ahead here than most Americans realize." Formal entertainment proffered last week to the visiting Motor Man (TIME, April 16, 23) included a luncheon given by David Lloyd George in the Members' Restaurant of the House of Commons. "My goodness!" said Mr. Ford, later, of Mr. George, "how that man can ask questions about America...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Bathtub Cars | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

...cars were an American-built Stutz, owned by F. E. Moskovics, president of the Stutz Motor Car Co., and a French-made Hispano-Suiza, owned by Charles T. Weymann, famed motor car body designer and sportsman. Both were stock cars. The race was the result of an argument between Mr. Moskovics and Mr. Weymann, each backing his belief with a $25,000 wager...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Stutz v. Hispano-Suiza | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

Elected. Leon R. German, general manager of the Peerless Motor Car Corp.; to be president of the corporation; succeeding Edward Ver Linden...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Apr. 30, 1928 | 4/30/1928 | See Source »

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