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...suit of prison clothes. "This gabardine I am wearing is newly cleaned and pressed," he explained, "and I don't want to get it dirty. I want to leave here like a gentleman.'' One of Montagna's first visitors was a handsome blonde driving a sleek Alfa Romeo, who was promptly turned away by the prison guards when she tried to leave him a bouquet of red carnations to decorate his cell...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ITALY: Action at Last | 10/4/1954 | See Source »

Simca's sleek little Aronde car is considered the hottest thing on the French market today. Priced at $1,870, it is a strong competitor in popularity to the $995 Renault Baby. Simca's passenger-car output in the first six months of 1954 totaled 40,655. Net profit last year was $1,570,000. Simca's exports have climbed from 4.77% of all French cars sold abroad in 1949 to 18% last year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: BUSINESS ABROAD: Ford into Simca | 9/27/1954 | See Source »

...still on, the Air Force had quietly dropped the finish flag on the races, canceling all that had not been contracted for. Curt LeMay had long since sold his Cad-Allard and was driving in a more sedate sports car of his own building-an old Indianapolis frame, a sleek plastic body, a souped-up Cadillac engine with Hydra Matic transmission...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: ARMED FORCES: The Finish Flag | 8/2/1954 | See Source »

...most exciting thing about Boeing's spectacular course last week was a brand-new airplane that was rolled out for its preflight tests-a big, sleek, new job painted a rich yellow and chocolate brown, with sharply swept-back wings and four huge jet engines slung underneath...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AVIATION: Gamble in the Sky | 7/19/1954 | See Source »

...sleek little (39 ft.) yawl Malay had finished the Newport-Bermuda race, "the thrash to the onion patch," the night before. Now she edged through Two Rock Passage into Hamilton Harbor. A small sloop drew abeam, and the Malay's skipper called across the stretch of water: "Who won the race?" The small-boat sailors slid past the yawl's counter and read the name on the stern. Their astonished answer drifted back: "Malay...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Small Winner | 7/5/1954 | See Source »

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