Word: windshield
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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John H. Atherton '53, a third year student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, was driving his Alfa Romeo toward Harvard Square on Mt. Auburn St., when he collided with an Oldsmobile coming north on Plympton. His head was dashed through the windshield, and he suffered lacerations of the scalp...
Bumper Crop. In Richmond, Pedestrian Fred Van de Water observed on the windshield of a large four-door sedan a neatly printed, unsigned note that read: "You may not realize that a small English sports car is parked behind you. Please be careful not to run it down...
Papermate. In Tucson, Ariz., Patrolman William Anderson started to write out a ticket when he noticed the words "i am in cort" (sic) scribbled on a piece of paper on the windshield, left the ticket with another note: "I am in the street...
...with the winning hand it dealt itself last year is Chrysler, which is only spending a relatively modest $150 million, gambling that last year's slogan-"Suddenly it's 1960" still holds for 1958. But all Chrysler cars have modified grilles, trim and taillights, a new bubble windshield that increases visibility, and new engines with higher horsepower: up to 315 h.p. for Plymouth, 333 h.p. for Dodge, 355 h.p. for De Soto, 390 h.p. for Chrysler and Imperial...
...Windshield Wipers? The bland attitude gave priceless mileage to the Administration's Democratic critics. Senate Majority Leader Lyndon Johnson, already planning a full-scale investigation of the Administration's missile policy, said bitterly in an Austin, Texas speech: "The Roman Empire controlled the world because it could build roads. Later−when men moved to the sea−the British Empire was dominant because it had ships. In the air age, we were powerful because we had airplanes. Now the Communists have established a foothold in outer space. It is not very reassuring to be told that next...