Word: vinylize
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...small cars proliferate, they are getting flashier; Detroit remains stubbornly convinced that car buyers want luxury along with fuel economy. More and more small cars now sport such features as velour upholstery, vinyl roofs, simulated-wood instrument panels, even chrome-plated grilles and hood ornaments. Such features are pushing prices up close to what drivers used to pay for big cars; a Plymouth Valiant two-door hardtop with all those features, plus three-speed windshield wipers, folding armrest and several other amenities, lists at the factory for about $3,500. Drivers are buying cars plain and fancy, low-and high...
Gone from most salons was the sculptured, hard-edge look pioneered by Courreges, Cardin and Gernreich. No more tight minis. No plastic helmets or vinyl unisex jumpsuits. Instead, the emphasis is once again on the most basic of feminine garments: the dress. Liberated from the crisp, form-fitted lines of recent seasons, it now billows, ripples and flows. "I don't care if the biggest-selling thing in stores is pants," said Designer Oscar de la Renta, whose own new collection opened last week in New York. "The dress...
...Harvard bubble collapsed during a wet and windy winter storm on December 21. High winds caused a rip in one corner of the vinyl-coated nylon, air-supported structure, and within two minutes it was deflated...
What did worry Lieberson right at the start was the shortage of vinyl now beginning to hit the industry hard. Vinyl, known in the trade as PVC (polyvinyl chloride), is the chemical byproduct of crude oil from which records are made. As a result of oil shortages, Columbia has been forced to suspend its $1.98 Harmony pop label; it also trimmed its November output by postponing several releases until 1974. In general, the industry will probably have to opt for greater selectivity in its releases-or, as Lieberson puts it, "an end to buckshotting-throwing everything against the wall...
...buyers this year because of gasoline shortages and the threat of rationing. The price of optional equipment−the industry's great profitmakers-will soar; there is no limit at all on how much can be charged for such gadgets as stereo tape decks, power steering and vinyl roofs. Automatic transmission in a Ford Pinto, for example, will now cost $217, up from the old price...