Buick

“ Handy? You bet! Many car owners wished their cars had the clutch and brake under one foot. It was especially handy when starting a car headed uphill, because it left the right foot free to work the gas feed.
The old Reo didn't have a lot of power to brag about—maybe about as much as a couple of wooden-legged donkeys. I remember we went to Lamesa in it one time. Going up the Cap Rock, it just couldn't make it alone. The road was steep and rocky. The Buick, which we bought later, would go up the hill with all of us still in the car. ”

“ There was no showing that Ensher had any knowledge 79of different makes of automobiles, nor any explanation of how he happened to notice what kind of a car was being driven by a man whose name he didn’t know—a man who simply passed one day a long time ago, passed “waving his head.” Other makes of automobiles might easily be confused with a Buick by a person unfamiliar with their differences. ”

“ Lane. “When I quitted the saddle they invariably quitted me, at the rate of knots, and I had to walk miles before I found them. Hence, I prefer motors, which do not run away——”
“Not even down a hillside?” asked Robin, wickedly. “I knew a Buick—”
“The very thing to prove what I was saying,” returned Dr. Lane. “Even when the wicked tracks of Gippsland let a good car over the edge, what does the good car do? Somersault to the bottom? Certainly not. It hastily finds a tree, and leans up against it, waiting for its master!” ”

“ Flint is known as the vehicle-city, because of its extensive factories. The Buick Motor Co. at completion will be the largest in the world. It is the seat of the state Institution for the Deaf and Dumb and of Oak-Grove Home, a private establishment for the care of the feeble-minded. ”

“ Lead wants to assure maximum power, therefore maximum velocity, which at 15 C temperature is perhaps 750 knots (860 mph, 1,390 km/h) or 1.13 times the speed of sound. 00:55 OK Buick, I think they are breaking off the to right; are you in burner?
It is the judgement of Lead that the MiGs have given up the chase. 01:03 I thought I saw somethin' go past this xxxxx canopy!
Likely an Atoll; probably not a cannon shell. 01:15 What's your heading Buick 2? Whats your altitude Buick 2? I don't have you in sight. Buick 2, you on the deck? ”

“ I own and manage Clipp's Garage on Duke Street, uptown—you know, repairs, gas, body [94] work, matter of fact we do everything, you'd be surprised."
In startled disgust Edith thought: Everything? How lovely for you, Mr. Clipp! With the utmost geniality, Mr. Clipp went on to testify that on the evening of Sunday, August 16th, he had been driving home to Winchester by Walton Road, after delivering a 1956 Buick in the nicest condition you could imagine to a customer in Emmetville. He wanted to emphasize that the Buick was a dish, in spite of—well, low mileage. ”

“ The Ford Garage and the Buick Garage, competent one-story brick and cement buildings opposite each other. Old and new cars on grease-blackened concrete floors. Tire advertisements. The roaring of a tested motor; a racket which beat at the nerves. Surly young men in khaki union-overalls. The most energetic and vital places in town.
A large warehouse for agricultural implements. An impressive barricade of green and gold wheels, of shafts and sulky seats, belonging to machinery of which Carol knew nothing— potato-planters, manure-spreaders, silage-cutters, disk-harrows, breaking-plows. ”

“ He had seen Blake and Joy and Blake was put in still a better light. He was happy as they walked toward his car.
When they came up to his car, Rogers said, "Boy, is this your car?"
"Uh-huh. Like it?"
Rogers squinted his eyes. "Like it? It's keen ... what kind is it? Buick, isn't it?"
Gaylord nodded and both grinned at each other. They got in and sat on the leather seat.
"Dad has a Chevy. It's old now but still runs good. Boy, this is really a keen car ... does the top go down by itself?"
"Sure does." Gaylord explained about the cloth top and how it worked. Then he pressed on the starter. ”

“ Buick 1 (Lead) says he has about 2,500 pounds of fuel remaining, and he has not been long in afterburner; Buick 2 reports 500 pounds (78 gallons) . It is not necessary to shoot down your enemy — running him out of fuel resulting in the loss of the aircraft and possibly the pilot is sufficient. THIS CONCLUDES THE BUICK SEQUENCE ---BEGINS RED DOG & MARLIN SEQUENCE
02:23 You want to go up the east side of the Ridge, Dick. ”

“ General Motors Corporation. 5 min., sd., color, Super 8 mm. in cartridge. Add. ti: 1975 Pontiac versus Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Buick; 1975 Pontiacs versus Chevrolet, Oldsmobile and Buick. © General Motors Corporation (in notice: Pontiac Motor Division, General Motors Corporation) ; 23Dec74; MP26170.
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Pontiac Ventura versus competition. General Motors Corporation. 5 min., sd., color, Super 8 mm. in cartridge. Add. ti: 1975 Ventura versus competition; 1975 Ventura versus the competition. © General Motors Corporation (in notice: Pontiac Motor Division, General Motors Corporation) ”

“ Dave stated, coming up.
Nat grunted. "Maybe. There's no telling."
"I guess I better tell Mom not to set a place for him," Jean said. "He probably won't be back."
Anger and futility descended over Nat Johnson. No, he wouldn't be back. Not for dinner and probably not the next day — or the one after that. He'd be gone God only knew how long. Or where. Or why. Off by himself, alone some place. "If I thought there was any use," Nat began, "I'd send you two after him. But there's no —"
He broke off. A car was coming up the dirt road toward the farmhouse. A dusty, battered old Buick. ”

“ From this survey of the decisions, there thus emerges a definition of the duty of a manufacturer which enables us to measure this defendant's liability. Beyond all question, the nature of an automobile gives warning of probable danger if its construction is defective. This [NY391] automobile was designed to go fifty miles an hour. Unless its wheels were sound and strong, injury was almost certain. It was as much a thing of danger as a defective engine for a railroad. The defendant knew the danger. It knew also that the car would be used by persons other than the buyer. ”

“ Since that put me back in the days of horsepower, I trotted over to the automobile rental and hired a few hundred of them under the hood of a Rolls. That was about the only brand of car that fit me. I hadn't been able to get my legs into any other foreign car since I was fifteen, and I have steadfastly refused to enter an American model since they all sold out their birthrights as passenger cars and went over to the tractor-trailer combinations they used only for cargo trucks when I was a boy. Dragging around thirty feet of car is sheer nonsense, even for prestige. ”

“ Thus the spirit of crime and revenge, which for years had darkened the page of New Zealand's history, suddenly disappeared in the eagerness for trade, and in its stead came the spirit of industry, which sent countless natives toiling in the swamps and on the hill-sides, preparing in feverish haste the fibre wherewith they might purchase this new weapon of destruction. This mad rush for muskets did not escape the keen observation of Te Rauparaha, who saw with unerring precision what its ultimate effect must be. ”

“ But I think we ought to take the motors along as far as we can, because we might need them.”
“Good idea,” Uncle Dick nodded. “We can get a trailer here, can’t we?” he asked of their friend.
“Sure; and a good car; too. I’ll drive you up to Buford, myself, for the fun of it—and the value of it to me. I’ll get a car at Bismarck. We can pack your outfit in the trailer and the motors, too, easily. You can check and express stuff through to Great Falls from Buford—and there you are. ”

“ In that way they are able to admit that the war has been a great48 blessing to the motor truck feature of the industry. “All a part of the great scheme of economics that makes for the approach of the complete automobilization of the country,” is the way one manufacturer puts it.
The automobile industry is set—it is fourth in importance in the United States. It will handle itself, so to speak. The makers know they must give value for every car and truck they build, and the people have become ready to continue in the industry every maker who plays the industry as it should be—not as a “game.” ”

“ And now for the car. The servants will be in bed, for they have been preparing for a long journey, but I will myself show it you. There is enough petrol on board to take you to Rome.”
He led me through the hall, unlocked the front door, and we crossed the snowy lawn to the garage. The place was empty but for a great car, which bore the marks of having come from the muddy lowlands. To my joy I saw that it was a Daimler, a type with which I was familiar. I lit the lamps, started the engine, and ran it out on to the road. ”

“ In the wild ravines And gorges deep, the limpid babbling creeks Sang matins as they left their mother hills To mingle in united waters, where They lost their little selves, and merged in one Pellucid flood that gathered stronger life From day to day! as God's great human church, Now building on the earth shall gather all The little sects and creeds and small beliefs That split mankind into a thousand parts, And merge them in one universal flood Of boundless charity. ”

“ In certain parts of the country, particularly the Southeastern states close intermarriage is said to have been, in part, due to the inferior facilities for transportation, before the automobile came into use. Young men, it is said, courted and married their sweethearts, in the days when the buggy was king of local communication, within an average radius of five to ten miles, which accounted for people in those sections being cousins or otherwise related to one another. ”

“ The story of New Zealand's progress since 1814 has been one of splendid emulation tempered by vicissitude. There have been dark days, days of doubt, of devastation by war, but never a period when our people lost heart or renounced their national faith. ”

“ A one-seated buggy is Cupid's most formidable chariot. It beats an automobile farther than we can say. An automobile is an intricate piece of machinery and the driver, if he is of the right kind, will exercise the greatest care. He must look well to his steering, must diligently examine the road as he passes along to avoid obstructions, ruts and broken pieces of glass, and especially is it necessary for him to keep his car from colliding with other machines. ”

“ Just as there is one man in Europe, King George, so do I stand alone in New Zealand; the chief over all others; the only free man left. Look at me, for I do not hide when I say I am Te Heuheu. I rule over you all just as my ancestor Tonga-Riro, the mountain of snow, stands over all this land."
The forms by which our sovereignty was exercised were doubtless new and strange to them, as witness their amazement at the pains the Crown took to prove a crime against a prisoner who had already confessed his guilt. ”

“ At full tide the harbour shines in the sunlight like an unbroken sheet of silver, in which the green and gold reflections of the surrounding bush are mirrored and magnified. For many miles in length and breadth the sea runs inland from the bay's bar-bound mouth, stretching its liquid arms right to the base of the mountains which encircle the harbour like a massive frame. ”

“ There was a first-rate machine shop with an expert mechanic in charge of it, who peered into our engine dubiously:
“If it was only a Ford or a Cadillac,” said he, “I could fix you up right away! But a bearing for that car of yours’ll like as not have to be made. Can you get one in New York, do you think?”
An unusual and “special” car may be very smart-looking and be particularly easy to trace [20] if stolen, but in a breakdown a make of popular type would be best—a Ford ideal. ”

“ The scene was made for man, not savage man, The cunningest of brutes, the crafty king Of beasts! but Man the Spiritualised, With all the light of knowledge in his brain, With all the light of love within his heart! And yet they were but savages who stood On Moeatoa's hill, above the scene, Mere savages, a step beyond the brute! ”

“ He may have driven a car, but what of that? That’s no disgrace.”
When they were out of sight of the buildings and going at a good speed down the hill Jack said quietly:
“I used to drive a motor truck with fruit to the railroad station and steamboat landing. Most shippers use horses but my man had a big motor truck and I used to drive it. That’s how I know about cars.”
“That’s all right,” laughed Dick. “You are a constant surprise to me. I am all the time finding out the things you can do. Don’t mind that fellow Herring. ”

“ O Mother, the Queen, these other things, and many of the laws that are being carried into effect are, according to Maori ideas, very unjust, creating disorder amongst us, giving us heart-pangs and sadness of spirit to your Maori children, who are ever looking towards you, most gracious Queen; and it is averred by men of wisdom that these matters which weigh so heavily upon us are in opposition to the great and excellent principles of the Treaty of Waitangi. ”

“ What events may await this fair portion of the globe, whether England will regard with a sisterly eye so beautiful an Island, placed like herself in a commanding position, well harboured, well wooded, and fertile in resources; whether this country will stretch forth a friendly and vigorous arm, so that New Zealand may with her native population adorn the page of future history as an industrious, well-ordered, and Christian nation, it is not for the committee of the Church Missionary Society to anticipate—but this consolation they do possess. ”