Word: pacer
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...starting gate of Florida's Pompano Park Harness Raceway, sitting in a sulky alongside such sporting celebs as Writer George Plimpton and Yankee Hall of Famer Whitey Ford. "When you become a businessman you become stagnant in some ways," explains Steinbrenner, who owns a trotter and a pacer. "You don't do as many of the exciting and dangerous things you used to do. It was skydiving or this." Of course, if Steinbrenner is still thrill seeking after winning the charity race, he can always bring back Billy Martin to manage...
Together, the Jeep, the Alliance and a new sister car, the Encore, are finally giving AMC a broader appeal. Previous offerings, like the gremlin-plagued Gremlin and the Pacer, consistently missed that target. The well-built Alliance is also countering the legacy of another AMC albatross: poor quality. Indeed, the company's total sales could rise from last year's $3.3 billion to $4 billion in 1984, a lofty height never attained...
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...waited for Kim's career to take off. Kenny Rogers, who like Kim and Dave is a Christy Minstrels alum, gave a boost last year when he recorded one of their tunes, Don't Fall in Love with a Dreamer, as a duet with Kim. That chart pacer paved the way. Carnes had a successful follow-up single on her own, but Bette Davis Eyes could become the kind of standard that turns a comer into an institution...
...pacer is differentiated from another standard-bred racer, the trotter, by the distinctive pacing gait: front and hind legs on each side stride together...