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...structure, welfare laws, political appointments-is more conspicuous in Michigan than in any other state. Six times in succession a labor-liberal machine has elected Democratic Governor Gerhard Mennen Williams, and "Soapy" Williams, with the unashamed back-seat help of United Auto Workers President Walter Reuther, has steered the phaeton of state down a left lane...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: MICHIGAN: The Professor's New Course | 10/24/1960 | See Source »

...MAXIM," asked New Haven Carriage-Maker William Hooker Atwood in 1896, "do you want this carriage to look like a Western buggy-maker's job or do you want it to be a gentleman's carriage?" Answered Hiram Percy Maxim, builder of the Mark I Electric Phaeton: "Like a gentleman's carriage, Mr. Atwood." For almost half a century, the U.S. automobile was indeed a "gentleman's carriage," built for men and bought on the basis of its mechanical excellence, not its sculptured lines or pleasing colors. Today, the woman buys the car -and she wants...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Letter From The Publisher, Nov. 4, 1957 | 11/4/1957 | See Source »

...MEDIUM PRICE. Pontiac Chief tain Catalina, 21.10 m.p.g., 51.72 t.m.p.g.; Dodge Coronet 500 V8, 20.90 m.p.g., 50.14 t.m.p.g.; Mercury Montclair Phaeton, 19.15 m.p.g., 47.69 t.m.p.g...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: Heavyweight Champions | 4/2/1956 | See Source »

...tubeless tires. The new paint combinations are dazzling, e.g., a white and lavender hardtop with orchid interior. Gaudiest car: the Crown Victoria Fairlane two-door (see cut), which has a thick belt of chrome running across the top of the car to make it look like a semi-convertible phaeton...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: New Entries | 11/15/1954 | See Source »

...individual entrants was Mrs. Loula Long Combs, 70, who has taken blue ribbons at every one of her National showings since her first in 1913. Rounding the show ring in her red-wheeled phaeton, with her smartly liveried footman sitting behind her on the dickey and her docked, high-stepping horses trotting in perfect rhythm, she took the harness pairs class, celebrated her 54th year of competition by winning eight other events in the hackney horse and pony classes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Horses in the Garden | 11/12/1951 | See Source »

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