Word: motorized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...stood up in his shirtsleeves last week in the sweltering 88° heat of Melbourne, Australia, and made a surprising announcement. Said Chairman Henry Ford II to his firm's local managers: "By the end of this year I will have relinquished my executive responsibilities with the Ford Motor...
...post; both are highly able, although less colorful than Ford. Meanwhile, Henry's brother William Clay Ford, 54, is expected to remain as chairman of the executive committee. Henry Ford may stay on as chairman of a revised finance committee and a director. Said one Ford Motor Co. insider: "As long as he has the power to hire and fire chief executives, don't count...
...Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge, the desk clerk seems first to rebut, then to affirm, Carmen's assessment. "Been keeping up with all the presidential candidates traipsing through Manchester?" "Yeah," he says brightly. "A couple of them were right here at the lodge." "Which ones?" A gulp. "I can't remember which ones...
...billions needed for mass-producing a world car, but through their suppliers they can turn out a tremendous flow of parts in many countries. Says he: "This enormous access to components is the greatest strength of American efficiency in production." Japan's Takashi Ishihara, president of Nissan Motor, speaks as if the American challenge is a war. Says he: "We find ourselves on the eve of intense international competition with American automakers in the small-car market, which hitherto has been the Japanese makers' stronghold. From now on we will have to map out strategies on a global...
Though most recipients are Protestants, a Roman Catholic parish in Poland was smuggled a new motor for its pipe organ...