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Cornell fencing captain Ken Torino nipped Harvard's John Hirschfeld in the last bout of the third and final round of yesterday's home match, to clinch a thrilling come from behind 14-13 victory...
Dora Smith, the first black forewoman at Detroit's Budd Co., a supplier of automotive parts, acknowledges her unabashed, triumphant materialism. When she bought her 1974 Ford Gran Torino, she says, "I used to go out at night just to make sure it was still there. Then when I'd get up the next day, I'd say 'Good morning, car.'" D. Parke Gibson, a New York City marketing analyst who advises corporations on how to tap the $46 billion-a-year black market, says that buying sprees by blacks may be something...
...Hugheses have something that many other Americans would envy: an almost debt-free life. From the plastic-slipcovered furniture to the color television console, everything in their $217-a-month, two-bedroom apartment is fully paid for. Their only major bill is the note on their 1972 Ford Gran Torino Sport, which will be paid off this year. The Hugheses hope to buy a home within the next five years. Meanwhile, says Hughes, "we're living comfortable, but it'll take me a few years to reach certain goals. I'm happy with the fact that...
...decided I would climb mountains. As it was, I executed a clumsy power turn in the parking lot of Peck and Peck's, exited amidst much dust and crying of tires, bottomed the car out on a curb, and almost ripped the oil pan off my mother's Ford Torino in the process. At the time I assumed it was love...
...During the first minutes of the film proper, he shoots up some cops and abducts Suzy Kendall, who just happens to be sitting around a Louisiana courtroom, a stroke of luck about as likely as finding Jean Shrimpton whittling in front of some general store. Stealing a convenient Gran Torino, he then sets off over back roads and along the edges of levees, pursuing a band of international heavies while at the same time being pursued by the state police, who mistake him, understandably, for a menace to society. "I hate you so much it hurts," Suzy spits at Newman...