Word: motorized
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Caroline and Philippe eventually won over the bride's parents. Whether they would vanquish the press was another matter. Caroline's 42-ft. catamaran, a wedding gift from her father, was ostentatiously brought to the harbor last week, and Rainier's motor yacht was given a fresh coat of paint. Perhaps these were diversionary tactics. Friends hinted that the couple might return to the Galápagos. If so, the archipelago that inspired Darwin will no doubt be overrun by one of the most curious creatures of all: genus scriptorum...
...also for companies to keep their 1978 price increases below the average of the past two years. A scattering of the nation's largest companies have agreed to cooperate on the question of executive salary increases, but until Bethlehem, only a few, such as Kaiser Aluminum and Ford Motor Co., have actually put a lid on prices as well...
...identical except for trim) are the first subcompacts to be made in the U.S. with front-wheel drive, and are supposedly the forerunners of a new generation of gas-stingy little autos that are surprisingly roomy inside and handle well. Early results seemed to justify Chrysler's optimism. Motor Trend, a magazine for auto buffs, named the Omni-Horizon "car of the year," and since it went into showrooms in January, dealers have sold more than 91,000 (at roughly $4,000 each), equal to almost 18% of Chrysler's total auto sales...
Chrysler ordered a canvass of its zone managers, service managers and dealers around the country. The results, says Jeffe: "Absolutely zilch. Not a single complaint from a customer about the handling of the car." Motor Trend Executive Editor Chuck Nerpel said that in tests run by his magazine, Omni-Horizon stood out as "an agile car." Consumers' Research, a rival of Consumers Union, tested the Omni-Horizon under normal road conditions, rather than on a special track; it passed...
Many key industries are now hunkering down for a long period of only modest growth. Toyota Motor Co., which expects to sell 550,000 vehicles in the U.S. this year, vs. 561,000 in 1977, recently announced a scenario for the future that includes plans for eventually reducing its present capacity by 30%. Some firms, like the Tokyo Juki Co., a medium-size machinery maker, have put a freeze on wage boosts...