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Hardest campaigner of all was Pibulsonggram himself. An ardent admirer of U.S. political methods, the 59-year-old Premier zipped about the country in his green Thunderbird, handing out boxes of "Pibul matches" and replicas of his personal Buddha charm. Since Pibul's countrymen reckon that any man who has survived one kidnaping, two attempted assassinations by snooting and one by poisoning must have supernatural luck, the charm went over...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THAILAND: A Question of Technique | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

When news breaks, Reporter Pressman roars to the scene in the station's Ford Thunderbird or Chevrolet station wagon, both of which are equipped with telephone and recording equipment. "These give reporting a new dimension," says Pressman. "Local news broadcasting has suffered too long from slavish dependence on wire services. It has its own tremendous advantage of personalization and immediacy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Television: Shoe-Leather Man | 3/11/1957 | See Source »

...will use more lightweight aluminum and magnesium, will thus get no heavier. The car weight per horsepower, which fell from 33 Ibs. to 15 Ibs. between 1946 and 1957, will hit a low of 12 Ibs. in '61. Since this "is the range of the present Corvette and Thunderbird sports cars, the average car of 1961 may perform as well as today's sports...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: The 1961 Models | 2/4/1957 | See Source »

Meanwhile, down in the tropics, Mike Souchak was praying-in the 40-foot putt on the 18th green which clicked the $15,000 Thunderbird Invitational Golf Tournament into a three...

Author: By The CITY Editor, | Title: The Sporting Scene | 1/28/1957 | See Source »

...Eaton, 65, son of a founder, who moved up to board chairman. Born in New Jersey and educated in the Middletown, N.Y. public schools, Bengert graduated from Columbia University in 1922, soon afterward joined Norwich as a research chemist, moved steadily up. Chemist Bengert's hobbies: driving a Thunderbird, working in the Boy Scouts and American Legion...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: PERSONNEL: Changes of the Week, may 14, 1956 | 5/14/1956 | See Source »

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