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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...that is known at Wolfsburg as "Type 1" -and to the rest of the world as "the beetle." The builders of the bug are less exultant over another statistic, however. Type 1, first manufactured in 1945, has already exceeded by five years the 19-year production span of Henry Ford's Model T-the Tin Lizzie that old Henry kept on too long, until it nearly carried him to ruin. Demand for the beetle remains strong, but VW fears getting stuck with a museum piece. Its solution: to become a German General Motors, offering a wide variety of models...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Autos: The Beetle's Brothers | 5/9/1969 | See Source »

After twelve minutes of play, the Crimson had built a 4-0 advantage with Zuckerman collecting most of the points. But four different Williams men tallied goals within a nine-minute span to knot the score...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Stickmen Crush Williams by 15-9 | 4/28/1969 | See Source »

...Crimson played a strong third quarter and tallied three goals with a 54-second span, but the other three periods were less impressive, and Brown's lacrosse team handed Harvard its second Ivy League defeat, 10-6, yesterday on the Business School Field...

Author: By Bennett H. Beach, | Title: Powerful Brown Stickmen Frustrate Crimson, 10-6 | 4/24/1969 | See Source »

Other forces are at work as well. Because Nixon has concluded that the war cannot be won within a time span that the U.S. would tolerate, he cannot let himself be solely dependent on the Paris talks. If the meetings go on too long, he could decide on a unilateral cutback of American forces. This might keep U.S. dissatisfaction with the war below the boiling point...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: NIXON'S DIPLOMACY: THE VIET NAM WAR AND BEYOND | 4/18/1969 | See Source »

Within a ten-day span, "Bottoms Up" will give six benefit performances, playing twice in New York on March 29, in Philadelphia March 31, and in Bermuda from April 2 through April...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Pudding to Begin Tour --'Bottoms Up' to Bermuda | 3/24/1969 | See Source »

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