Word: owners
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...more than a case of boring elitism, Grand Prix pilot Gurney winning a hoked up race through Howard Johnson land. The Ferrari was pressed by a Cadillac driven by two Cambridge based lawyers, it finished only 10 or so minutes behind, and it was a Drive Away deal. The owner said he didn't want the car driven after dark and stipulated that it should never be driven at 60 mph. The lawyers kept the promise as best they could--it was driven after dark only once and they never went 60 mph. The only problem they had was deciding...
...next three and a half years. Tony Conigliaro the slugger was reduced to Tony Conigliaro the night club owner. When the Red Sox let him join their spring training camp in Florida this year, the experts didn't give him much of a chance to make the team...
...service for its citizens, free education through the university level, farm subsidies and home loans. It also puts up as much as 50% of the capital for a new factory, then consigns its share to the plant's employees. "This makes the worker feel he is a co-owner," says Fahd proudly. "This is not like Communism; it's the Saudi way of doing things." A Western specialist in Arab affairs observed last week: "Faisal was not against change, but he acted as a brake on change. For a few months Fahd will behave the same...
...Honda's U.S. sales manager, Cliff Schmillen: "There seems to have been a change in people's thinking. It has sunk in that energy shortages and high gasoline prices will be with them for the rest of their lifetime." Johnie Leake, a 26-year-old Manhattan Cadillac owner who last week shopped for a Toyota as a second car, explains its sales appeal: "You get good mileage in a foreign car, and it looks all right too. You just get more for your money...
...tough interpretation put a stop to such far-reaching actions as one brought on behalf of "all U.S. citizens." Sensible as that seemed, critics were quick to point out that many legitimate consumer suits would also go down the drain-as Sandra Lee Cartt has just found out. Car Owner Cartt, an elementary school teacher in San Fernando. Calif, had wondered about Standard Oil of California's claims that its F-310 gasoline reduced air pollution. When she tested the gas. she found that pollution actually increased. Later and independently, the Federal Trade Commission charged that some...