Word: sledded
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...federation is making sure that everyone will be driving a Volkswagen when the competition opens at La Plagne. It will be a very hot model to be sure, but new, strict standards have been set for sled dimensions, materials and design. Only slight room is left for the fine-tuning of aerodynamics. The Americans, who have won no medals since 1956, hope to have a tiny advantage with sleds created for them by a sculptor who used to design autos. But success this time depends mostly on the person in the driver's seat. Among the best: Germany's Rudolf...
...WUNDERKIND ON THE WILD SLED...
...this week's BUSINESS story about life and hard times in a West Virginia coal community was especially unsettling. "The first time I entered a low-seam coal mine was one of the most claustrophobic experiences of my life," says Gup. "You lie on your back on a metal sled, and the distance between the floor and ceiling is never greater than 40 inches. You're in utter darkness -- except for the light on your hard hat. You eat your lunch on your back with your pail on your belly. Twenty-four hours after you get out, the insides...
CITIZEN KANE. Orson Welles' masterpiece, a detective thriller about a missing sled, is 50 years old and back in movie theaters, its freshness, wit, breadth and daring intact. What Cecilia Ager said on its release still applies: "It's as if you'd never seen a movie before...
...last Friday when Chairman Lee Iacocca said the company will build the car, but only about 500 annually. Powered by a 400-h.p., ten-cylinder engine, the Viper will be built for speed and handling. Chrysler insiders claim that the car will be able to accelerate like a rocket sled, zooming from 0 to 160 k.p.h. in about ten seconds, faster than the Chevrolet Corvette ZR-1. The first Vipers off the line should be available late next year at a price of $30,000 to $40,000. Chrysler hopes the new vehicle will demonstrate that the company is still...