Word: motorization
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...folks as they tailgated, hitched up horse trailers and hauled everything from plywood to goat sheds, the Japanese took copious notes, even if they still couldn't quite understand the American lovefest with the pickup. "There was a level of amazement," says Jim Press, chief operating officer of Toyota Motor Sales U.S.A...
American companies have taken the lead in this process. Ford Motor Co. openly trained black apprentices for skilled jobs that at the time were "reserved" by law for whites. IBM has earmarked $10 million of its South African profits to be spent on computer laboratories for black primary schools and teacher-training colleges, and General Motors is laying out $2 million to provide new houses, home improvements and scholarships to blacks. If American companies were forced out of South Africa, experts contend, they would not just close up shop; they would sell out. Says Jack Behrman, a former U.S. Assistant...
...resident of Cambridge reported that at 7:30 p.m. on April 1, the suspect (who was the father of reporting person’s children) closed the car window on her hand and backed up after she told him he could no longer use the motor vehicle. The suspect fled with her motor vehicle—a black 2001 Nissan Pathfinder...
...Cambridge Police Department officer investigating a report of gunshots in the area of 232 Norfolk St. found a red Volkswagen parked at 245 Norfolk St. with a side window broken. Officers searched the area; there was no evidence of gunshots. The owner of the motor vehicle was notified and reported that his iPod was missing from the motor vehicle. Based on a description, seven males were identified and stopped. Some of the suspects had tools: wirecutters, hammer, screwdrivers, brick, and a pipe. Charges may be pending...
...officer responded to Bright Hockey Center in Allston to assist in towing a vehicle. The owner of the vehicle was allegedly uncooperative, disorderly, and belligerent, yelling at University employees in opposition to the towing. The motor vehicle was towed, anyway...