Word: valiant
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...among the new breed. But the market for an inexpensive sports car is potentially so enormous-particularly since nearly one in every five households now shops for a second car -that Ford's competitors have no intention of leaving it to Lee Iacocca. Chrysler has already introduced a Valiant with a convex rear roofline-called a fastback in Detroit-and named it the Barracuda. American Motors is making a fastback version of its Rambler Classic, will bring it out next spring. When word of the Mustang first leaked out, General Motors began to work on a fastback Corvair...
...Barracuda is really a redesigned Valiant, and Chrysler rushed it out in time to run against Ford's new and handsome Mustang sports car, soon to be introduced. The Barracuda, which cost only $5,000,000 to $8,000,000 to develop v. $50-$60 million for the Mustang, will not be marketed as a "new" car, will be priced from about $2,400. It represents perhaps the ultimate development of the pizazz phenomenon that has gripped Detroit since 1962. Its radically different roof not only offers a sportier look than the Valiant, but the car has as standard...
This week, when Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev arrives in Budapest to celebrate the 19th anniversary of the victory, he will find the army of liberation still in position. And for good reason: in 1956 it took a brutal commitment of Russian tanks and terror to crush the valiant attempt of the Hungarians to throw out their "liberators...
...Spender considers the Beatles' haircuts antidotes to violence and adolescent sexuality because they are "compromise haircuts"-as sexually indefinite as Prince Valiant...
Harvard ski teams are chronically weak in the jumping event because they lack a practice hill. This year's squad is no exception, but valiant leaps by Bill Gray and John Schell were good enough to salvage a seventh for the snowmen last weekend. Added to the Crimson's startling second place cross-country finish Friday, the jumping score gave the team a commendable fourth place in the Nordic combined...