Davis’s primary objective was to provide recommendations pertaining to the national speed limit, to keep drivers safe by minimizing speeding and accidents and to save gasoline by ensuring that cars drove at their peak rpm (revolutions per minute).
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Doug Melville,
Forbes,
31 Dec. 2024
Another huge threat to the species is cars and other vehicles.
Blue and white Toyota vans, which passed for a bus system, whizzed by, packed with passengers.
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Deborah Barfield Berry,
USA TODAY,
26 Dec. 2024
The Teamsters have contended before the National Labor Relations Board that the drivers, who are easily identifiable by their distinctive gray-blue Amazon uniforms and matching vans, should be considered direct employees of the company.
Some 90 years later, Chicago schools Superintendent Benjamin Willis instituted half-day double shifts and later makeshift wagons stationed in parking lots to serve as schools for Black children rather than provide them access to the resources at white schools.
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Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Dec. 2024
Altogether, there were well over 54 models throughout the three fertile years of production, which included two-door convertibles, plus coupes, sedans, and wagons in two- and four-door configurations.
Weak industries like housing and autos are met with rising inflation in food, insurance, healthcare and rent, which require different answers from the Fed, Cramer said.
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Kristian Burt,
CNBC,
18 Dec. 2024
The top-performing subsectors were precious metals, autos, and land transportation.
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