Word: volkswagens
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...last Monday afternoon, a Chevrolet station wagon carrying five Palestinians drove slowly down the Rue Verdun in west Beirut. As it passed a parked Volkswagen, a huge plastique bomb turned the street into a violent shambles of smoke and flames. The occupants of the station wagon were mortally wounded; four passersby, including a German nun and an English student, were killed, and 18 others were injured...
...emphasize the positive, AMC sent newsmen a tongue-in-cheek "Adjective Selector," to be used when writing about the company. Notably absent from the list: puny, little, troubled and skidding. Among the suggested replacements: aggressive, astounding, booming and dazzling. Trouble is, Volkswagen is now producing more cars in the U.S. than "fearless" AMC, bumping that "gutsy" company down to fifth place among domestic car producers. But "ingenious" AMC expects to do better once its "formidable" arrangement to sell French Renault cars gets going in the U.S. later this year...
...gunmen ambushed Little Bruce and Robin as they sat in a yellow Volkswagen Rabbit in front of her mother's farmhouse. Robin was killed by two shots in the face. Little Bruce was hit by eight bullets in the head and body but somehow survived...
With the gut understanding of a friend who's been with them since they were "barnstorming around the northern country in a busted-up Volkswagen," as he recalls it, Matson has put Pilobolus on paper as no words can. Though Matson describes himself as "a farmer and a writer," he has the eye of a cinematographer--and like his subjects, evidently, the energy of an athlete. "When I'm photographing Pilobolus, I'm down on the floor or flipping, too--it's almost like a sport," he says...
...dollar is under intensive care, and everybody asks her how it will fare. Not badly, replies Whitman. Because it is still undervalued, prices of U.S. exports are down and prices of imports are up-and people do respond to price changes. Look at the drop in Datsun and Volkswagen sales in America, she says, and at Detroit's unaccustomed competitiveness in foreign markets. In time, the U.S. will repair its trade balance if-a big if-it can keep inflation from eating away its improved competitive situation...