Word: sedan
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Mayor Lindsay, notfiied of the demonstration, flew by police helicopter from the Wall Street heliport to an airfield in Brooklyn. A few minutes later his black sedan drew up behind the crowd of shouting protestors. As he stepped out of the car and was recognized, there was sudden silence...
...flood tide of Bonapartism, he soon made it clear that his resemblance to Napoleon was merely nominal. He became a sort of Gallic Coolidge decorated with Continental charm, and he presided over an era of prosperous inanition that collapsed in the debacle of the Franco-Prussian war. Surrounded at Sedan, Napoleon III lost his army but preserved his charm. "I seem," he said, "to have abdicated...
...attendant courier-monks with a message to the Vien Hoa Dao. Thich Tam Chau, secretary-general of the institute and nominally the senior monk in Viet Nam, comes by for lunch. Tam Chau, 44, once considered Tri Quang's rival, likes such creature comforts as his chauffeured Mercedes sedan. Tri Quang twits him about it, himself takes pedicabs about town. In and out is Thich Thien Minh, Tri Quang's former schoolmate who is now his first lieutenant and boss of the Bud dhist Youth, which provides the backbone of Tri Quang's demonstrations...
Astro Couch. The foreign cars have obviously gotten the message of Ford's Mustang: a sports car is now a family car. Germany's Bavarian Motor Works showed a hot little $2,500 sedan, designed especially for the U.S. market.* Britain's Jaguar introduced its XKE 2 + 2, nine inches longer than the two-passenger model, which it otherwise resembles. It has a minimal back seat that can accommodate two people in a pinch, costs $6,070. Aston-Martin went even further with a four-passenger DB 6 that has a full back seat and sells...
Born 46 years ago in Russia, Slavik (real name: Vyacheslav Vasiliev) is married to the fashion director of Elle, drives about Paris à la folie from one decorating job to the next in his new Alfa Giulia super sedan. He started out as an industrial designer, but really made his mark when he concocted Pub Renault, a snack bar in Renault's auto showrooms. The booths resemble antique car seats, waitresses can be summoned by a brass klaxon, and the menu ranges from Renault's new Caravelle coupe ($2,300) to buttermilk...