Word: tiredly
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...three of the original 23 proposals were dropped. Two of them, involving tire-endurance, braking and weight-supporting standards, were suspended pending further research. The third-headrests to reduce whiplash neck injuries-was put off mainly because the industry cannot as yet produce enough to equip all cars. One major concession, provided for foreign manufacturers who do not follow the U.S. model-changeover routine, was to delay the effective date of the standards four months...
...Detroit's perennial peeves is the spare tire: it is infrequently used, adds weight, wastes space, and costs some $170 million a year. American Motors did away with it in one 1965-66 model - only to get a flock of gripes. But the industry has not yet given up the fight on the fifth wheel. Later this month, Pontiac showrooms will have the sporty new Firebird, which has the same body shell as its G.M. cousin, the Chevrolet Camaro, but is four inches longer. The standard Fire bird is more powerful than the Camaro (165 h.p. as compared with...
...Hanoi's resolve to fight on." He is not alone in that argument. But he gives insufficient weight to an equal probability: an end to the bombing might lead Hanoi to the mistaken conclusion that if it holds off negotiations just a little longer, the U.S. will finally tire of the whole mess...
...more than $520 million. Only two oil companies, Caltex (owned by Texaco and Standard Oil of California) and Stanvac (owned by Jersey Standard and Mobil), managed to keep operating. Other companies lost longtime investments: U.S. Rubber had to give up 54,000 acres of rubber plantation, and Goodyear Tire & Rubber lost two plantations and a tire plant at Bogor, near the capital. Though ridiculously low repayments were negotiated, no money has yet changed hands; a first order for the Sultan of Jogjakarta, the triumvirate member charged with economic development, is to work out settlements...
...such overtures, old Indonesia hands are filtering back. U.S. Rubber has replaced its former Indonesian output through other plantations in Liberia and Malaysia, but it will likely buy Indonesian rubber. Goodyear is negotiating to return. Its first task if it does: to restore efficiency at the Bogor plant, where tire output is off two-thirds since U.S. managers were kicked out. Union Carbide hopes to reclaim its battery plant, may also start tungsten mining. Caltex, which recently signed a five-year $50 million contract to supply the Indonesian government with lubricating oils and grease, has set aside $10 million...