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Word: roundish (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1980-1989
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...were literally so square that the company decided it would have to do more than just try to catch up with the European styles that most automakers were copying. Ford chose to jump way ahead, taking the risk that it might come up with another Edsel. Instead, Ford's roundish, so-called jelly- bean designs have enticed car buyers who had abandoned domestic makes for more voguish foreign nameplates. First came the restyled 1983 Thunderbird and Cougar coupes and the new 1984 Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz compacts. When the Taurus (base price: $10,650) and Sable rolled out last...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ford Slimmed Way Down and Styled Up | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

...loft resembles a Sony factory that was in the process of being ransacked by terrorists when an earthquake struck. Television sets, some dead and most of the others crying out for intensive care, are scattered everywhere, along with packing crates and snaking piles of electronic debris. Paik, a short, roundish man with close-cropped black hair, pads in his slippers through the clutter, happily and completely at home...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Video Artist Nam June Paik: Four Who Brought Talent | 7/8/1985 | See Source »

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