Word: wheelings
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Since it was established in 1899, Fiat, the second biggest automaker in Europe and the fifth biggest in the world, has had only two chairmen: Founder Giovanni Agnelli and, since 1945, Vittorio Valletta. Last week, at the age of 82, Valletta turned the wheel over to Gianni Agnelli, 45, grandson of Fiat's founder and a charter member of the international...
Calisher plots, obviously, do not readily synopsize-like boiled water, they leave no residue. But the reader can enjoy a Calisher journey even though, like her trolley line, it ends up nowhere. The Calisher ear for words is poetical, and sometimes the click of wheel on track forms recognizable rhythms: "The spirit of picnics and cemetery visits is always feminine...
...right downstairs), the handsome son of a peer breezes up for "a spot of chemmy." Chairs are found for his group to watch; drinks are passed. In three hours, playing with flair, he wins $210,000. Satisfied, but not flaunting his coup, he departs. But before the chauffeur can wheel his Bentley out from all the others, the Right Honourable realizes that he forgot to get a chit for his winnings. He goes back. Tempted by his luck, he tries another few shoes. Two hours later he has lost...
...reproductions of the 1920s' doorless Mercedes-Benz SSK Roadster under the name Excalibur SSK, has added a four-seat Mercedes Phaeton. Price: around $7,500. The classic American Cord has returned as a scaled-down convertible (four-fifths original size) that, like its predecessor, comes with front-wheel drive. Included in the $5,950 price: a one-way plane ticket to the factory in Tulsa, Okla., where the customer picks...
...sympathetic witness in a congressional hearing. Calling for strict Government safety regulations for trucks as well as cars, Hoffa said: "If you leave it to somebody's discretion to pass minimum safety standards, there wouldn't be any standards." He also showed a film plugging a fifth-wheel device for trucks, which he said would prevent many jackknifing accidents...