Word: windowed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...stand and deepen in meaning. Let's not be hasty about showdowns. Let's be patient and confident with our country." As optimistic as he is individualistic, Robert Frost summed up his poet's-eye view of the U.S.: "I stand here at the window and try to figure out whether American men or women swing their arms more freely. There cannot be much to fear in a country where there are so many right faces going by. I keep asking myself where they all come from, and I keep thinking that maybe God was just making...
...anesthetic to wear off, was again examined by the surgeon. He explained that her eyes would be puffy for a day or two, asked her to return each of the next two days for a check. At 11:30 the girl walked to the cashier's window in the lobby, paid $8.33 -full price of the operation. The change in Tomiko's face was marked...
...nation's 77.9 million drivers, it was the week to do their Christmas window-shopping early. Detroit rolled its 1958 models and began to croon its annual siren sales song to the U.S. public. Out came a whole fleet of new cars in a blizzard of announcements promising "jet intakes," "bubble windshields," "flight-pitch transmissions," "Marauder engines"-even an ICBM look. There were downswept snouts, upswept fins and outswept taillights ; all were ablaze with dazzling colors and gleaming chrome brighter than any Christmas tree. Sighed a Detroit secretary, rapturously examining a trailerload of new 1958s; "Chrome is my favorite...
Even more striking changes appear in Buick and Oldsmobile, which took the worst beatings this year. Olds slipped by 62,000 cars (17.7%); Buick dropped 111,000 (25.5%) and fell into fourth place behind Plymouth. Gone are the thick rear-window struts, which G.M. stylists admitted were a flub; gone, too, is Buick's famed "porthole" trademark. The new Buick has clean fenders, a waffle-iron grille with 160 square nubs, an improved "flight-pitch" Dynaflow transmission, new air-cooled aluminum brakes and a new, high-priced ($4,663 top) Limited series. Olds got the same extensive body change...
...powerful U.S. cars are well designed. The driver who hopes to slip into 50-m.p.h. expressway traffic needs plenty of power just as he needs a big engine to run all the wonderful gadgets that make driving easier: air conditioning, power steering, power brakes, power seat, power windows. Instead of sneering. Europe's automen are starting to window-shop Detroit for exciting ideas. Such U.S. innovations as wrap-around windshields, twin headlights, bright colors, even a few tentative fins are now appearing on foreign cars...