It is well to bear in mind that gasoline will cost from $.80 to $.90 for the equivalent of a United States gallon and while you might prefer a familiar Ford, Chevrolet or even a Cadillac, which are available in some countries, it is probably wiser to choose the smaller European makes which average thirty, thirty-five and even forty miles to the gallon.

A big-league municipal stadium at Flushing Meadow Park is in the works, and once the lease is signed the local club will be formally recognized by Commissioner Ford C. Frick.

Merritt D. Hill, Ford Motor Co. vice president, says his company is starting to get calls daily from dealers demanding immediate delivery or wanting earlier shipping dates on orders for corn pickers.

Baseball commissioner Ford Frick has ruled that Ruth's record will remain official unless it is broken in 154 games.

The poem is quoted by Sue Bridehead in Thomas Hardy's 1895 novel, Jude the Obscure and also by Edward Ashburnham in Ford Madox Ford's The Good Soldier.

* 1964 – Ford Mustang is introduced to the North American market.

* 1882 – American Old West: Jesse James is killed by Robert Ford.

Jefferson's earnings reputedly enabled him to buy a car and employ chauffeurs ( although there is debate over the reliability of this as well ); he was given a Ford car " worth over $ 700 " by Mayo Williams, Paramount's connection with the black community.

He is known for his roles as Westley in the cult classic The Princess Bride, Arthur Holmwood in Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula and for his role as Dr. Lawrence Gordon in Saw.

Flockhart is the wife of actor Harrison Ford.

" That same year, then-U. S. President Gerald Ford acknowledged the stature of the comic strip, telling the Radio and Television Correspondents ’ Association at their annual dinner, " There are only three major vehicles to keep us informed as to what is going on in Washington: the electronic media, the print media, and Doonesbury, not necessarily in that order.

Father Mathew Bridge is understood to be near the ancient " Ford of the Hurdles " ( Baile Átha Cliath ), the original crossing point on the River Liffey.

Another example is Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now Redux, which, like the original film, polarized the audience, with some fans considering the original version to be the definitive cut.

Coppola is also the owner of Francis Ford Coppola Presents, a lifestyle brand under which he markets goods from companies he owns or controls.

The J D Wetherspoon pub in Oxford Road, Manchester is named after Ford Madox Brown.

It states on the Wetherspoons website that " This J D Wetherspoon pub is named after the much-travelled artist Ford Madox Brown, a one-time resident of Victoria Park, a suburb south of the pub.

The Ford GT40 is a high performance British-American sports car and winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans four consecutive times, from 1966 to 1969 ( 1966 being the Mk II, 1967 the Mk IV, and 1968-1969 the oldest chassis design, the Mk I ).

The contemporary Ford GT is a modern homage to the GT40.

Mercury is a Ford Motor Company division, and Mercury's 427 was exactly the same engine as Ford's with different logos.

Orson Welles in an interview with Peter Bogdanovich said of Howard Hawks in comparison to John Ford " Hawks is great prose ; Ford is poetry ".

`` And next year we will do -- also a Ford commission -- a piano concerto by Elliott Carter, with Jacob Lateiner as soloist.

Not only did this mean that Ford enjoyed much larger demand, but the resulting larger demand also allowed further economies of scale to be exploited, further depressing unit price, which tapped yet another portion of the demand curve.

Six former Oriole franchise radio announcers have received the Hall of Fame's Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting: Chuck Thompson ( who was also the voice of the old NFL Baltimore Colts ); Jon Miller ( now with the San Francisco Giants ); Ernie Harwell, Herb Carneal ; Bob Murphy and Harry Caray ( as a St. Louis Browns announcer in the 1940s.

He also voices dozens of national commercials, such as Farmers Insurance, Ford, Bud Ice, Blockbuster, Twix, Oscar Mayer, and McDonald's.

Dartmouth also has a pre-school in the centre of town, established for over 40 years and based in the old Victorian school rooms at South Ford Road.

Coppola also owns Francis Ford Coppola Winery near Geyserville, California where he has opened a family-friendly facility with swimming pools, bocce courts and a restaurant.

" At the event ceremony, director John Ford announced that Capra had also received the Order of British Empire ( OBE ) on the recommendation of Winston Churchill.

) using a Ford engine originally 4. 7-litre, enlarged to 4. 9-litre ( also known as a 5. 0 ) with special alloy Gurney-Weslake cylinder head.

The Lola proposal was chosen, since Lola had used a Ford V8 engine in their mid-engined Lola Mk 6 ( also known as Lola GT ).

To form the development team, Ford also hired the ex-Aston Martin team manager John Wyer.

Later models or prototypes have also been called the Ford GT but have had different numbering on them such as the Ford GT90 or the Ford GT70.

Notable performers there included among others: Pearl Bailey, Count Basie, Nat King Cole, John Coltrane, Miles Davis, Ella Fitzgerald, Coleman Hawkins, Billie Holiday, Lena Horne, Burl Ives, Leadbelly, Anita O ' Day, Charlie Parker, Les Paul and Mary Ford, Paul Robeson, Kay Starr, Art Tatum, Sarah Vaughan, Dinah Washington, Josh White, Teddy Wilson, Lester Young, and The Weavers, who also in Christmas 1949, played at the Village Vanguard.

Shipped without rear seat, rear interior trim, rear window or decklid, the hearse package also features a heavy-duty suspension, brakes, charging system and tires and was once offered on a modified Ford Expedition SUV chassis with the Triton V10 truck engine.

Ford was also widely known for his pacifism during the first years of World War I, but also for being the publisher of antisemitic texts such as the book The International Jew.

During this period Ford also studied bookkeeping at Goldsmith, Bryant & Stratton Business College in Detroit.

Sales of the Commodore also fell, with the effects of the 1979 energy crisis lessening, and for the first time the Commodore lost ground to the Ford Falcon.

Sales in other segments also suffered when competition from Ford intensified, and other Australian manufacturers: Mitsubishi, Nissan and Toyota gained market share.

IALA also received support from such prestigious groups as the Carnegie Corporation, the Ford Foundation, the Research Corporation, and the Rockefeller Foundation.

John Ford or Johnny Ford may also refer to:

Steve Jobs and Bill Gates were the Henry Ford and Louis Chevrolet of their times, who capitalized on ideas already commonly known before they started in the business.

The town was an ancient borough, incorporated by Edward III, known formally as Clifton-Dartmouth-Hardness, and consisting of the three parishes of St Petrox, St Saviour and Townstall, and incorporating the hamlets of Ford, Old Mill and Norton.

When Ford approached the U. S. Federal Aviation Administration ( FAA ) about regulatory issues, the critical problem was that the ( then ) known forms of air traffic control were inadequate for the volume of traffic Ford proposed.

Critic Leonard Maltin labeled Hawks " the greatest American director who is not a household name ," noting that, while his work may not be as well known as Ford, Welles, or DeMille, he is no less a talented filmmaker.

* John Salmon Ford ( 1815 – 1897 ), American political figure in Texas ; best known as " Rip " Ford ; served in state Congress and Senate ; veteran of Mexican War and Civil War

* John Ford ( dramatist ) ( 1586 – ca. 1640 ), English playwright and poet during Jacobean and Caroline literary eras ; best known for 1633 tragedy Tis Pity She's a Whore

* John M. Ford ( 1957 – 2006 ), American science fiction writer and poet ; achieved iconic status in genre community as columnist and personality known under pen name " Dr. Mike "

* John Gardner Ford ( born 1952 ), American business executive who co-founded Outside magazine in 1977 ; second son of President Gerald R. Ford ; best known as Jack Ford

With a view to making the best use of communication facilities for information, publicity and development, the Government of India in 1962-63 sought the advice of the Ford Foundation / UNESCO team of internationally known mass communication specialists who recommended the setting up of a national institute for training, teaching and research in mass communication.

In the summer of 1179, King Baldwin had set up an outpost on the road to Damascus and aimed to fortify a passage over the Jordan River, known as Jacob's Ford, that commanded the approach to the Banias plain ( the plain was divided by the Muslims and the Christians ).

Before any of the scandalous activity became widely known, Harding's popularity began to ebb, but he responded with determination to run for re-election, despite strong support emerging for the very popular Henry Ford for the Democrats.

* July 1 – John Ford ( musician ), Best known for penning Part of the Union whilst in Strawbs

Chevrolet continued into the 1920s, 1930s, and 1940s competing with Ford, and after the Chrysler Corporation formed Plymouth in 1928, Plymouth, Ford, and Chevrolet were known as the " Low-priced three ".

* Ford Foundation, between First and Second Avenues, former site of the Hospital for the Ruptured and Crippled ( now known as the Hospital for Special Surgery )

The film was something of a departure for Wayne and Ford, who were both known mostly for Westerns and other action-oriented films.