Word: stickering
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...knew about the assistant manager, my friend's father, was that he had cable TV and a Praise the Lord Club sticker on the back of his beat-up blue New Yorker. He and his family also owned a Woolworth's tapestry of DaVinci's "The Last Supper." The manager, who wore bell-bottoms over his brown patent-leather shoes, looked just like his picture on the "This is Your Super-Saver Manager" sign above the customer service desk, so everyone knew...
Auto dealers have spent most of their time since the introduction of the new models last October whistling in deserted showrooms. But despite persistent complaints about high sticker prices, and a sales debacle that is heading into its third year, General Motors and Ford staunchly refused to offer cash rebates. Said then General Motors Chairman Thomas Murphy less than three months ago: "In the final analysis, I don't think rebates are a good way to stimulate the market...
There are enough opinion polls and man-on-the-street interviews to affirm this generalization. The rise in T shirt aggression and bumper-sticker bravado reflects an increase in frustration and confusion. Some of the immediate reasons are no less true for having become cliches...
...before Time and Newsweek returned their glossy gaze to nuclear power. Environmentalists saved a lot of trees and canyons in the early '70s; then they focused their attention on nuclear power, and pretty soon every imported car on the Eastern seaboard sported a blue and white "No Nukes" bumper sticker. Jane Fonda even made a movie...
...automakers' hopes for a sales surge have been dashed against the rocks of high sticker prices and staggering interest rates. Only five years ago, $5,000 would have bought an option-packed Oldsmobile or Buick station wagon. Today, that amount is barely enough to pay for a stripped-down two-door Chevette. The same Buick wagon would cost nearly $11,000. The Big Three have been forced to hike the price of their fuel-efficient models mostly to pay for the $80 billion that they are spending to design and produce them. But Detroit may have pushed prices...