Word: sedan
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...policemen in the patrol car set out in pursuit of the late-model blue-and-white sedan-license number SC-1-that had sped through a red light in Washington, D.C. Siren howling and red light flashing, the squad car chased the offender for a mile. When he finally pulled to the side of the road, the driver handed over his license. Result: no ticket. Later, South Carolina Senator Strom Thurmond explained: "The police department informed my office that the officer was inexperienced and expressed regret that the incident occurred." Under federal law, while on official business a member...
...Buenos Aires, Argentine terrorists grabbed a Paraguayan consul named Waldemar Sanchez. The consul had advertised his Mercedes-Benz sedan for sale, and noted that it carried diplomatic license plates. When two young men dropped by to see the car, Sanchez took them for a test drive-and wound up being taken for a ride. His captors demanded the release of two.fellow terrorists, but the Argentine government refused. The kidnapers thereupon threatened not only to kill Sanchez but also to "start executing all the managers of American companies." At week's end, well beyond the kidnapers' deadline, Sanchez...
...months ago, a black Oldsmobile 88 sedan owned by Edward Kennedy plunged off a narrow wooden bridge on the island of Chappaquiddick. The car overturned in a tidal pond and Mary Jo Kopechne died...
...supreme irony is that the Corvair in production at the time of the furor (1965 and later) was considered by many mechanical engineers as well as enthusiasts to be the best-handling American sedan available. It is bad enough to live with this know-it-all but to have you glorify him is absolutely nauseating. If he is really serious about safety, why doesn't he work on the worst, most critical, problem-the drinking driver...