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1953: Cars
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Early spring one morning in 1953, a boy, just out of bed, was looking out his upstairs window. He was checking to see for sure if his father had returned, as expected, from a business trip late the night before. He had. But the evidence of his return, the family car parked in the driveway, was not what the boy had expected to see. What was expected was the familiar rounded lines of the family '52 Cranbrook, or its 1949 Special Deluxe predecessor. What the boy saw was still a Plymouth, but that boxy shape that said "Plymouth" to him was not there.
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In 1953, NASCAR began issuing staged publicity photographs of mock racing action to local newspapers. Cars were parked sideways on the track, wheels cocked to the right to depict the action readers might see if they attended a NASCAR Grand National event. Here, the cars of Fonty Flock (#14), Herb Thomas (#92), Tim Flock (#91), and Curtis Turner (#41) sit idle on the track.
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Quinton Cardiology Systems, Inc., founded in 1953, develops, manufactures, markets and services a family of diagnostic cardiology systems used in the diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of patients with cardiovascular disease. Quinton markets its products under the Quinton and Burdick brand names. For more information about Quinton, visit http://www.Quinton.com .
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Unlike the four previous years in which Plymouth fielded two numerical series, all 1953 cars bore the P-24 designation. The lower-priced Cambridge line was listed as P-24-1, while the P-24-2 identified the higher trim Cranbrook line. Lowest on the price list was the Cambridge business coupe, which came without a back seat. For another $64.50, an easily removable back seat could be ordered to make the business car a weekend family vehicle. In the Cranbrook line, this body style-identified by a shorter roofline and one-piece rear side glass-was called a Club Coupe. A back seat was standard in this car.
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The first three tracks on this ninth installment in the Classics Dizzy Gillespie chronology were recorded for the Vogue label in Paris on February 22, 1953. Note the presence of pianist Wade Legge. A stunning exercise in reflective meditation entitled "This Is the Way" is followed by a nutty study on "'S Wonderful" that begins like Dixieland corn and suddenly shifts into a 65-mph bop mode. The session finishes off with a patented Joe Carroll doubletalk scat-bop vocal. Gillespie and his quintet spent the rest of February 22, 1953, recording for Blue Star, the competitor to Vogue. After two very solid numbers, the band cut six more tracks backed by what Diz called his "Operatic String Orchestra."
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The Pfizer Foundation, Inc. is an independent charitable foundation established by Pfizer Inc in 1953. The Foundation's mission is to promote access to quality health care and education, to nurture innovation and to support the community involvement of Pfizer people. The Pfizer Foundation is committed to a comprehensive approach to combat the devastating HIV/AIDS pandemic.
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