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Word: roadster (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...specialty-gifts business netted $2.4 million last year; donations and other income amounted to another $5.5 million. Dederich draws an annual salary of $100,000 and pays his top corporate officers from $30,000 to $50,000. "A lot of guys could do this thing from an old Ford roadster and sit on an orange crate," he says, while munching on powdered lettuce from a silver bowl. "They're holy men; I'm not. I need a $17,000 Cadillac. We are in the people business just exactly as if we were building Chevrolet axles...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Life at Synanon Is Swinging | 12/26/1977 | See Source »

...Frank Laumer, a Florida entrepreneur, such love (and money) spell opportunity. He knows the Model A inside out, having owned 13 himself and restored numerous others in his mechanic's shop. So he has decided to build brand-new Model A's (the 1930 roadster, coupe and pickup truck) to the original specifications in his barn outside Dade City. A smooth-riding demonstration car stands in the driveway as proof of production. List price...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: An A for Nostalgia | 12/13/1976 | See Source »

...Fame--honoring not buses, but dogs; more of these racers are bred in Kansas than any other state. At the back of the site are the Dickinson County Historical Museum, the Museum of Independent Telephony, and Sculpture Hall. ("Thirtv-one years of free-hand carvings. 1917 Model T Roadster was over two years in the making. Weighs over 200 pounds. Water in the radiator. Admission $1.25--10 or more, $1.00. Bus drivers and sponsors free...

Author: By Martha S. Lawrence, | Title: The Other Presidential Libraries | 10/15/1974 | See Source »

...Chevy is only one of four show and racing cars Jackson owns. "I've loved tinkering with cars since I was a kid," he says. His pride at the moment is a 1927 Ford roadster that holds the world record for quarter-mile drag racing in its class. Whenever he gets the chance, Jackson climbs behind the wheel of the gleaming yellow speedster for a few unofficial runs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Muscle and Soul of the A's Dynasty | 6/3/1974 | See Source »

...literature and fledgling poetry publisher; both for the first time; in Washington, D.C. The bride was given away by her uncle, Ted Kennedy -whose son had just undergone surgery for cancer-and left the ceremony at her husband's side in the rumble seat of a vintage roadster. The newlyweds will reside in Cambridge, Mass., until they both receive their degrees in June (hers will be a B.A. from Radcliffe...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones, Nov. 26, 1973 | 11/26/1973 | See Source »

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