Word: sl
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Virginia Gentleman and Jack Daniels (Black Label) are IN; Scotch-type whisky, French-type wines, cheese-type spreads and lettuce-type salads are OUT. ¶ A 190 SL Mercedes-Benz is IN but not so far IN as a 1916 Fierce-Arrow; waving at another Mercedes is OUT. Wearing a checkered sports cap will get your parking permit canceled; wearing a Homburg will cause comment...
Sleek, solid-colored and almost chromeless, the new cars held few surprises-but some bonuses-for Mercedes fans. The lower-priced 180 models ($3,300 to $3,567 in New York) and the luxurious 300 SL Roadster ($10,978) were basically unchanged. But Mercedes' new 220 series of six-cylinder sedans, the most popular in the line, appeared in a sleeker new version, with a redesigned engine that boosts power output to a top of 134 h.p. The medium-priced 220 ($4,767 with fuel injection) has a somewhat lower, slightly streamlined body that keeps the unmistakable Mercedes look...
...German civil service decided that Kilb had been in Adenauer's office long enough, got him named director of security for the European Atomic Energy Community in Brussels. But the unforgiving police doggedly continued their investigation, discovered that more than a year ago Kilb acquired a Mercedes 190 SL sports car and, after it had been damaged in an accident, the Daimler-Benz Co. replaced it with a sky-blue Mercedes 220 S cabriolet. What even the most dogged search failed to uncover was any evidence that Bureaucrat Kilb had paid Daimler-Benz so much as a pfennig...
...where she instantly became a military objective of the French troops who then occupied the airport. A few years later, Rosie moved on to Frankfurt and became a bar girl. Soon she had enough money to buy a modest Ford Taunus, then graduated to a red-upholstered Mercedes 190 SL. She would cruise up and down the Kaiserstrasse or park in front of the Frankfurter Hof, the city's swankest hotel. As a plump, well-tailored captain of industry approached, Rosie would appear to be having trouble with her engine, and appeal prettily for help. Her tab was high...
...restaurant have refused to take anything at all in payment for their services. From his savings, Van Doren has splurged mildly on clothes and an extra round of Christmas gifts for his family. The only whim he plans to indulge is to replace his 1948 Studebaker with a 190 SL Mercedes-Benz. He will probably invest the rest of the money...