Word: premiums
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...greenhouse without the tomatoes." But never mind. The Cubicar, an almost perfectly cubic car manufactured by Britain's Universal Power Drives Ltd., could well become the commuter car of the future. In the age of the traffic jam, when both road space and parking space are at a premium, the 6-ft.-4-in.-long Cubicar is a fascinating concept. With a top speed of 55 m.p.h., it gets about 24 miles to the gallon. It can seat five adults in comfort. And it can park, headon, where even a Volkswagen would fear to tread...
...above and beyond the competition point is the fact that faculty contact is one of the rare excitements at the Law School, and faculty time is at a premium. To secretly institutionalize informal social contact between students and faculty, and to bestow membership on those students whose gentility will no doubt' profit them, in time, outside the ivory tower, is to taint the ivory tower with a bit too much of the real world...
...were raised be yond what they could afford. Morris Gordon, whose family owned a shoe store in Pittsburgh's Hill District since 1885, says that after his coverage was cut by one-third this year, he shopped around and got another policy-at almost double the $1,285.20 premium he had been paying. And he considers himself one of the fortunate few. His shop was wiped...
Flying A gasoline sponsors another Bonnie and Clyde crew. This time they roll up to a Flying A station. They're in a hurry; they've got a "withdrawal" to make. But the overfriendly attendant insists on delivering a pitch for the sponsor's latest premium offer. Finally, a gum-snapping Bonnie says: "Let's gedoutta heah awreddy!" And off they lurch...
...concentrated among ever larger "regional centers" dominated by two or more major department stores. "Six or eight years ago, 40 stores made a good-size center," says Detroit Developer Alfred Taubman. "Today, we want a minimum of 80 stores and average from 125 to 150." That puts a premium on compact use of land. To squeeze a potentially rival department store (Stix, Baer & Fuller) into their Crestwood Plaza near St. Louis, Developers Louis and Milton Zorensky erected a building on stilts above the parking lot. In a sharp departure from the norm of the '50s, department stores themselves provide...