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Word: wagoner (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1950-1959
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White and Dugan exchanged bitter words near the company gate. Then White rode off in his 1958 Thunderbird, and Dugan took off after him in his 1956 Ford station wagon. Two sheriff's deputies, on duty at the plant, spotted the two cars pulling away, decided to go after them. Half a mile away, the deputies came across Dugan's parked car. Nearby, they found Dugan's body, sprawled face downward beside a brook. He had been shot in the back. As police reconstructed the shooting, Dugan, unarmed this time, ran away when White drew his pistol...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: CRIME: The Paths That Crossed | 11/24/1958 | See Source »

American Air's "Merry Olds" comes in two models (roadster and wagon), is an almost exact duplicate of the 1901 model right down to its bicycle-type wheels, chain drive, steering tiller and three elegant brass lamps. It can reach speeds of 35 m.p.h. with its 4 h.p. air-cooled engine, gets more than 60 miles to the gallon. Cost: $1,495 f.o.b. Ft. Lauderdale...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Business: The Backward Look | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

...made pricing news. Its price was set lower than the list prices of the Big Three and in some cases below American Motors' hot-selling Rambler. The Lark begins at $1,756 for a two-door, six-cylinder model, ranges to $2,362 for an eight-cylinder station wagon. Its four-door six carries a list price of $1,821 v. $1,918 for the cheapest four-door Rambler, but most of its two-door models run slightly above Rambler's two-door Rambler American series...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: AUTOS: More & Cheaper Cars | 11/3/1958 | See Source »

...cried to a friend, "where are we going to take my wife to dinner? She's been waiting since 5:30 and she's going to be plenty sore. Let's take her to a good restaurant, how about it?" He flipped down the station wagon's sun visor, studied a typewritten timetable of industrial plant and shopping-center openings and closings. Said he, ruefully: "We'll only have about 20 minutes to eat-we have to be in Flushing by 8. I want to catch that crowd at the shopping center. We have...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE CONGRESS: Meeting the People | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

...lift of an eyebrow and meaningful tug at a vest. Carstairs Gallery's Keller had outbid all others by offering a fabulous $616,000. It was the highest price ever paid at auction for any painting (previous auction high: $360,000 paid for Thomas Gainsborough's Harvest Wagon in Manhattan...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Art: Testing the Highs | 10/27/1958 | See Source »

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