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...sixtyish-looking motorman in the control seat. He was engaged in conversation with another MBTA employee leaning against the fare-box, the kind of professional Kibbitzer who looks as if all he does is just ride the trolleys or busses--always standing on the steps, peering out the front windshield with bored confidence, intermittently letting out wisecracks about anything or nothing. This time it was politics...
Keep the inside and outside of the windshield clean and clear...
...later in the model year about 50,000 cars -Buicks, Oldsmobiles and Cadillacs-equipped with air bags as a $200 optional substitute for seat belts. During a collision, the bags are supposed to prevent serious injury by ejecting and popping open to quickly fill the space between driver and windshield, then instantly deflate. One drawback: if the car continues to bounce or fall, the driver could be injured after the bag loses air. Nonetheless, Ford and Chrysler also plan to offer air bags as options...
...that job only since last October. The son of a Detroit welder, he came to G.M. in 1956 from Packard, after that company folded, and quickly made a name as a crack engineer. He is credited by G.M. with such innovations as the overhead camshaft engine and the concealed windshield wiper. As head of Chevrolet, he set industry sales records in 1971 and 1972. But after ascending last fall to the group vice presidency in charge of all car and truck production, DeLorean became visibly unhappy. As had been his wont, he showed up late for G.M.'s numerous...
...fuel-and engine-conserving tow−he hangs on Allison's flank and then passes him on the outside. When Allison regains the lead, Petty cuts inside and roars ahead for good on the eleventh lap. Aided by a crack pit crew who wipe his windshield, give him a drink of water, change the tires and fuel the car in 17 seconds, Petty coasts to his 151st victory by a four-lap margin...