Word: vrooming
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...conversation ranges from Little League to books and movies to local gossip. King can drive to New York City for meetings with his publishers in one of two Mercedes, or in a red Cadillac convertible or in a Chevy van, but once or twice a year he prefers to vroom south on his Harley-Davidson motorcycle. Neither of the Kings likes to fill up any of their vehicles. A brother-in-law who acts as handyman and caretaker attends to the cars and van, but rarely rides the Harley. So King has, on occasion, found himself stranded and called home...
...were peddling that one before Writers Jim Cash and Jack Epps Jr. were born; maybe, in fact, pulpsters were dreaming it up before Wilbur and Orville got off the ground. Tom Cruise and Kelly McGillis are the performers caught up in a put-put love affair while the jets vroom prettily above...
...sales growth, however, has come from catering to the frugal car buyer. Detroit has also rolled out a new generation of so-called muscle cars for those who want high performance and are willing to pay for it. Earlier cars that had lots of vroom were immortalized by Beach Boys songs of the 1960s, but they went out of production largely because of tough Government fuel-economy and pollution regulations. Now some automakers have produced models that get respectable gas mileage but can still accelerate from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in 7 sec. Some of the hottest sellers: the Ford...
...fearful that it could not build enough big V-8-powered sedans to meet consumer demand. The industry in 1978 rang up $3 billion in profits. One hot-selling car: the $6,300 Oldsmobile Cutlass. It got a modest twelve miles to the gallon, but it had lots of vroom...
...producing 150 a month, and has established conversion plants in Jacksonville, Detroit and Los Angeles. The typical buyer is a James Dean in pinstripe. He is a single, 25-year-old junior executive male, making $25,000 a year. He is also someone willing to pay a lot to vroom into the sunset with his blown-dry hair tossed gently in the soft wind...