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williwaw. n. a violent commotion or agitation: STORM. TEMPEST. "kicking up a great williwaw of dust...
...bucket-seat treatment and the rest of the optional works. The Corvette, the European-style sports car, again will get only the most minor grille changes. Pontiac will have a big car, the Grand Prix, with such pizazz optionals as four-speed manual transmission and tachometer. The compact Tempest, with a new convertible model in the works, will sprout two tiny ridges that are not quite tailfins, will change the traditional split-tear grille to a horizontal, continuous...
...middle-priced market, G.M's high-performance Pontiac rose from 6.1% to 6.5%, of which a 1.9% share was supplied by its smaller version, the Tempest, which has a four-cylinder engine that brings its price down into the Corvair bracket. Long-ailing Buick and its new smaller Special model climbed from 2.5% to 4.1% of the market, thanks to less chrome and more performance. (One competitor calls Buick's mechanical performance this year "about the best in the industry.") Oldsmobile, with a loyal core of repeat buyers, inched up from 5.3% to 5-5%. though its smaller...
...Advisory Committee, and directors have been nominated along with a number of plays. But students see no reason for such a list, especially in its present form. "Half the plays on the list are unperformable by the present student body," Mirsky says. "How can they object to The Tempest and then put the Shakespearean plays they have on the list...
Buick introduced its Skylark, a flashy coupe with a more powerful engine, chrome-trimmed fenders, and an optional cloth-covered white roof. Pontiac showed off its Le Mans five-passenger coupe, a sleeker version of the standard four-cylinder Tempest with a four-speed gearbox and wire wheels. Ford introduced its new Futura (TIME, March 24) and Comet S-22. Chrysler showed off its experimental Turboflite; it has a rakish body by Ghia, a gas turbine engine only half as heavy as a regular V8, and an aft flap that acts as an air brake...