Word: tippett
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Lucas was particularly demanding with the people who created the creatures and the special effects, and often changed his mind. Makeup and Creature Designers Stuart Freeborn, who made the ape costumes in 2001: A Space Odyssey, and Phil Tippett always started with clay models that could be recast over and over again. The mold for the sprawling Jabba took two tons of clay and was so big that no oven could hold it; an entire room had to be turned into a Jabba bakery...
...American jeep, a favorite vehicle of World War II G.I.s and weekend off-the-road runners, is on the way to China. Last week in Peking, American Motors Chairman Paul Tippett and Wu Zhongliang, general manager of the Peking Automotive Industry Corp., signed an agreement for the joint production of Jeeps in China...
...last week's agreement establishes a solid base in the Asia-Pacific market, since the U.S. company will have all export rights for Chinese-built Jeeps. Said Tippett: "This is a major, long-term opportunity for us." Sales in the region of four-wheel-drive vehicles, currently 100,000 a year, have been growing by about 30% annually...
...Detroit's makers are joining the move to convertibles. Says American Motors Chairman Paul Tippett: "We think they are a fad." Indeed, there are a few signs that the new market is in a lull. Chrysler has cut production of its convertibles to 100 a day from 250 and slashed the price of its Dodge 400 by 25% from $13,500 to below...
...alarm. The loudest came from Lee Iacocca, chairman of Chrysler Corp., which is counting on small cars to help fuel its comeback. Iacocca called the GM-Toyota arrangement "fundamentally bad," and then added: "As an American, I get mad when I hear of deals like this." Said Paul Tippett, chairman of American Motors Corp.: "It is our view that GM and Toyota will create jobs in Japan at the expense of U.S. autoworkers." In part, he was referring to the fact that the arrangement calls for half the innards of the jointly produced car (including engines and transmissions...