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...Many owners were known for their wild antics; whether Moon actually drove a Shadow into a swimming pool is debatable (some of his friends say it was a Lincoln), but such myths – perpetuated by the cover...
...Negotiating with de Valera, a man of labyrinthine disposition, was, Lloyd George complained, like trying “to pick up mercury with a fork”. (“Why doesn’t he use a spoon?”...
...There is no one I admire more than Franklin Roosevelt, and no one I would rather spend an hour talking to than Abraham Lincoln. But this is not conversation or a trip into history: it’s dinner....
...White painted only black subjects, with one or two exceptions, including a portrait of Abraham Lincoln. “I like to think that my work has a universality to it....
...strong history of exceptional women jazz musicians — drummer Terri-Lyne Carrington and pianist Mary Lou Williams are just two who stand out — yet, as Ahmed observes, in its first almost 30 years the Jazz at Lincoln...
...“Near the Memorials to Vietnam and Lincoln” plunges messily into the action, vocals and instruments striking up without introduction....
...Ford – which since 2007 has sold its overseas premium brands Aston Martin, Jaguar Land Rover and Volvo, and killed its US Mercury marque in 2010 – is now looking to revive Lincoln’s fortunes....
...appeal is simple: apart from the universally recognisable soundtrack, it evokes a tumultuous period in US history and, at its heart, the “incredible American success story” of Gordy, who as a worker at the Lincoln-Mercury...
...Ford officials say that last year’s decision to kill the 71 year-old Mercury nameplate, whose activities were usually grouped with Lincoln, has brought a sharper focus to Lincoln....
...Ford set the stage earlier this year for a renewed focus on Lincoln by announcing the demise of the Mercury brand, positioned between Ford and Lincoln....
...“Oh I’m scared of the middle place, between light and nowhere,” Antony Hegarty sang in “Hope There’s Someone”, a track from his second, Mercury Prize-winning album, I am a Bird Now (2005)....
...But there will be some up-front compensation for nearly 300 dealers who sell Mercurys and Lincolns but not Fords....
...In June, it decided to axe its slow-selling Mercury brand in the US, focusing instead on its larger Lincoln premium franchise. Ford’s focus on its “Blue Oval” nameplate appears to be paying off....
...I will not back down from protecting our kids from mercury pollution, or making sure that our food is safe and our water is clean....
...Mercury found a niche for much of its 71-year history between the mass-market Ford brand and the carmaker’s luxury Lincoln marque....
...While its three core brands – Ford, Lincoln and Mercury – recorded lower year-on-year sales in September, Volvo was up 12 per cent....
...According to the survey, Americans' overall satisfaction with cars is rising, but rankings fell year-on-year for GM’s Buick, Cadillac and Chevrolet brands, Ford Motor’s Lincoln and Mercury and Chrysler’s...
...Consumer Reports, an influential and independent US publication, said reliability rankings for the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury brands “continue to pull away from the rest of Detroit....
...While Mercury outsold Ford’s luxury Lincoln brand by 37,000 vehicles last year, Mr Mulally said dealers could expect to depend more heavily on Lincoln than Mercury in the future....
...Ford also neglected Lincoln, its US luxury brand, and Mercury, a premium brand positioned between Ford and Lincoln....
...Mr Mulally said that Ford had achieved “Toyota-level quality” for its Ford, Lincoln and Mercury vehicles....
...George Pipas, Ford’s sales analyst, said Ford was encouraged by growing sales of its Fusion, Mercury Milan and Lincoln MKZ saloons, and buoyant demand for recently introduced crossover vehicles....
...Everyone knows that Lincoln Center hosts two opera houses, the mighty Met and the brave City Opera. We tend to forget a third haven for the lyric muse: the academic Juilliard Opera Center....
...Meanwhile, Ebony magazine’s pre-Oscar party on Thursday night attracted leading African American stars such as Forest Whitaker and secured sponsorship from Lincoln Mercury cars, Anheuser-Busch, and the Bahamas...
...Microsoft Auto, the technology group’s automotive division, will provide the technology, based on its software called Sync, on a dozen 2008 Ford, Lincoln and Mercury models making their debut this year....
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