Word: skylark
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...first $40,000 installment in hand, Garrett had to pay off fines and reimburse San Diego County for five years of welfare payments. Soon after, he was arrested in his newly purchased Buick Skylark along with two passengers, one of whom had just sold 8 oz. of cocaine to an undercover narcotics agent. Facing narcotics and firearm charges, Garrett must stand trial next month for allegedly stealing two bottles of cognac from a liquor store. The unlucky winner did manage to make bail by pledging $80,000 as security -- from his future lottery payments...
...deal with Johnny, paused and said: "You might be the Man." Replied Johnny: "You never know." But in time, the shop won the confidence of its clientele, with word spreading even to other states. On the advice of a cousin in Birmingham, one thief drove a stolen 1986 Buick Skylark / from a dealer's lot in Atlanta to Johnny's. He got $700, and Johnny got his name and telephone number. Says Charles Jordan, the Birmingham police sergeant who helped direct the operation: "After a while, greed takes over wisdom...
When they were introduced in April 1979, General Motors' X-model autos made a huge hit with buyers. By the end of the first model year, 1.1 million of the economical front-wheel-drive cars were sold under the names Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Phoenix, Oldsmobile Omega and Buick Skylark. The X-cars, however, turned out to be less a salesman's dream than a mechanic's nightmare. Since they initially appeared in showrooms, they have been subjected to ten recalls, involving 967,603 vehicles (some were recalled more than once) for defects ranging from faulty fuel-tank...
...real test of Ford's bold move, though, will be consumer reaction to the new Ford Tempo and Mercury Topaz. These compacts are competing against General Motors X-cars, the Chevrolet Citation and the Buick Skylark, and Chrysler's K-cars, the Dodge Aries and the Plymouth Reliant. Developed at a cost of $1billion, the Tempo and Topaz were introduced in May. As part of an extravagant rollout, the cars were launched on the flight deck of the aircraft carrier Intrepid, docked at a Hudson River pier in New York City. Said Chairman Philip Caldwell...
...code-named Topaz, have a four-cylinder engine, front-wheel drive and a sloping hood. They are designed to compete head-on with the Chrysler K-cars, the Dodge Aries and Plymouth Reliant, and the General Motors X-body models: the Chevrolet Citation, Pontiac Phoenix, Oldsmobile Omega and Buick Skylark...