Word: rakishness
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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Thirteen and one-half hours after he started (average speed, 76 m.p.h.), Gianni climbed wearily out of his rakish speedster and waited for his brothers. The family did well: Gianni won and Vittorio was fifth. And Papa, after all, was pleased...
...Manhattan's flag-and flower-decked Grand Central Palace, British automakers opened their first U.S. show last week. On the first day, 15,000 car-curious New Yorkers crowded in and admired the sleek, rakish models, as different from each other as they are from the standardized design of U.S. cars...
...collapsible tables for the rear-seat passengers, a cosmetic shelf behind the rear side-window, and a dashboard pushbutton to draw shades across the rear window. Runners-up were the Javelin Jupiter ($2,548) of Jowett Cars, Ltd., a dashing convertible that would do 95 m.p.h., and the rakish Jaguar two-seater convertible ($3,945) with a maximum speed of 130 m.p.h...
Your innocence is on at such a rakish...
...Magic Show. Western businessmen who looked at Eastern Germany's exhibits-giant cranes, rakish little automobiles (see cut), shiny new Contax cameras-were disappointed when they went to the fair's export offices to put in orders. "Sorry," they were told, "we're only exporting that line to the east." "You know why they encouraged us to come here," said one embittered American buyer. "Because it helps their propaganda along." He pointed to a sign that proclaimed: "Leipzig Fair-Symbol of German Unity...