Word: detroiters
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Gordie Howe, the 51-year-old wunderkind of the Hartford Whalers, is unique. At the beginning of the 1970s, if you were a hocky fan in Toronto, you tried to see Detroit play the Maple Leafs. Not because the Red Wings had a stellar team--in fact, they were terrible--but because they had Gordie. Gordie equals greatness...
Williams, who guest conducted the Pops twice last May, is scheduled to rehearse the orchestra in Boston on Jan.21, the day before a scheduled Carnegie Hall appearance by the Pops. Williams and the orchestra begin a three-month tour of the midwest on April 29, which includes engagements in Detroit and Chicago...
Much of the U.S. price escalation reflects Detroit's need to squeeze more earnings out of small cars. Typically, the manufacturer's profit on an economy model is between $500 and $700, compared with more than $1,500 on mid-size autos and as much as $5,700 on luxury cars. So with sales of their larger models going soft, the automakers are hoping to make more money on the cars that are selling...
...import surge could touch off renewed squabbling with Japan over its trade practices. While as yet no one in Detroit is flatly accusing Japan's automakers of "dumping"-that is, exporting cars at prices that are lower than in the home market-U.S. automen grumble that Japanese people pay more for their cars than foreign buyers do. Reason: a 20% value-added tax (VAT) is levied on car purchases in Japan but not on those cars shipped to the U.S. In effect, Detroit automen say, Japanese motorists are subsidizing their auto industry's exports...
...Washington, D.C., shoppers were culled off the street by a dinner-jacketed pianist stationed at the main entrance who played Cole Porter songs on a baby grand. Late in the month, however, sales picked up smartly almost everywhere. Several stores-Rich's in Atlanta, Hudson's in Detroit, Bloomingdale's in Manhattan-toted up record one-day sales on the Saturday before Christmas...