Word: motor
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...shot on location in New York, attended a press conference at league headquarters to announce that "Mafia" and "Cosa Nostra" would not be part of the dialogue because they made "no difference in the art'stic meaning of the film." Then the league released a letter from Ford Motor Co. President Lee lacocca promising that the television series The FBI, which Ford sponsors, would avoid those terms in next season's episodes. Swift & Co. also agreed to change a TV advertisement that featured an Italian delicatessen owner, and Alka-Seltzer promised to discontinue its prizewinning commercial "Spicy Meatballs...
...been introduced in 26 states; lawyers and insurance men so far have been able to prevent its passage in 25. In Massachusetts, where a limited form of no-fault coverage went into effect Jan. 1, results seem promising. During the first two months, bodily injury reports to the state motor vehicle bureau dropped by 50%, indicating to supporters of the plan that motorists are making fewer false claims. Trial lawyers, however, have sued to have the whole scheme declared unconstitutional, because it makes damages for pain and suffering so difficult to collect...
...month who had just been robbed, and began to question them. They eventually came up with a mediocre description of two of the subjects who had robbed them, and a first-rate description of the third. So I went off with another officer who, like myself, was riding a motor scooter, and cruised the area. And about fifteen minutes later, after searching up and down several likely streets, we were passing by the local Chili parlor when out walked a man who fit our description from head to toe. The complainants were summoned to the scene, made a positive identification...
About 30 metropolitan policemen on motor scooters escorted the marchers to the Ellipse, a large grassy area across the street from grounds behind the White House. There the protesters sang the "Internationale," and listened to speakers denounce capitalism, racism, sexism, President Nixon and the Indochina...
...followed Rolls-Royce into bankruptcy-leaving one-tenth of Britain's drivers unprotected. The nation's largest industrial complex, Imperial Chemical Industries, plans to reduce its investments in Britain by some 25% over the next three years. Other investment cuts are expected in the petroleum, shipbuilding, motor and engineering industries. One notable light industry -the Rolling Stones-is emigrating to France to get away from it all. Inflation is running at nearly 9% a year, while the economy is growing by a paltry 1.1%. The one bright spot is the nation's balance of payments, which...