Word: rakishness
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Beneath the low-slung hood snorts a cocky engine that is even smaller than the put-putter of the family Volkswagen (1,100 cc. v. 1,192 cc.). But everything else about the racing machine is big league, from the rakish cut of its body to its four-speed gearbox and cat-footed suspensions. Last week a buzzing swarm of the precocious big-little cars performed before an audience of 5,000 at Lime Rock, Conn, in a battle of agility and speed that was finally won by Harry Carter in a Lotus with an average speed of 78.18 m.p.h...
...long twilight of the lives, mostly spent commuting with fair weather between England and the French Riviera, Sir Winston and Lady Churchill journeyed to Venice, briefly explored its familiar old canals by motorboat before going aboard a somewhat larger craft, the rakish, 325-ft. yacht of Shipping Lord Aristotle Socrates Onassis. Bound for a leisurely Mediterranean cruise, the yacht sailed down the Adriatic Sea. dropped anchor near a retreat of Yugoslavia's President Tito. Going ashore, Sir Winston rekindled his spirits by reliving some World War II battles with his erstwhile partisan ally...
...first glance, Finisterre should sail like a washtub. Traditionally, the rulers of the sea have been rakish racing machines of 60 ft. or more with deep, stabilizing keels. But the 38-ft. 8-in. Finisterre, plump as a pigeon, is built for the good life. With only a vestigial keel, she relies on a retractable centerboard to keep her steady in the water. Below decks she is as roomy as any family cruiser, is loaded down with such superfluous gear as an ice-making machine, a hi-fi set and a second head. Even so, the heavy Finisterre drives well...
...French, Corsican, Italian or Spanish descent, though many Arabs have done well too. But there is little of the raffish night life of the typical boom town; Algiers' one luxury nightclub is half empty on week nights. "The Algerian businessman," said one French official, "may keep a rakish sports car and luxurious villa on the Riviera, but in Algiers he's middle class, respectable, and rather mean...