CNN made its first appearance on TV3 bloomberg breaking news on 11 September 2001. CNN services have also been availed of during the 2008 election of Barack Obama as President of the United States and the 2009 Death of Michael Jackson. The venerable flathead V-8 was honorably retired for 1954 in favor of a new overhead-valve "Y-block" V-8 (so-called because of its frontal appearance in cross-section). All 1955 Ford frames were much altered from 1954 with a lower center section and more kickup at both ends. A full steel-roof model was also offered for $70 less than the "bubble-topper"; predictably, it sold much better: 33,000-plus to just 1999. The totals were 9209 and just 603 for '56, after which the Crown Vic was dumped. Chevrolet sold over 1.1 million, but spent much more money to do so. Ford's path through the 1960s closely parallels that of rival Chevrolet. V-8s were down to a 200-bhp 292, 225-bhp 332, and 300-bhp 352. Also carried over from '58 was Cruise-O-Matic, Ford's smooth new three-speed automatic transmission that proved a sales plus against Chevrolet's Powerglide, if not Plymouth's responsive three-speed TorqueFlite. V-8 choices expanded via two new "FE-series" big-blocks: a 332 offering 240/265 horsepower, and a 300-bhp 352. A deep national recession cut Ford volume to just under 988,000 cars.
Some statisticians also had Ford ahead in calendar-year volume for the first time since 1935, though the final score showed Chevy ahead by a mere 130 cars. 16 June 1990 - England draw 0-0 with the Netherlands in their second World Cup group game, leaving them needing to win the final group game against Egypt in five days to reach the Second Round. In fact, the division scored a substantial win in model-year output with close to 1.7 million cars to Chevy's 1.5 million. Chevy then unveiled an all-new line of radical "bat-fin" cars for 1959. Ford replied with more-conservative styling that helped it close the model-year gap to less than 12,000 units. For 1958, Ford countered all-new passenger Chevys and modestly restyled Plymouths with a glittery facelift featuring quad headlamps and taillamps, a massive bumper/grille a la '58 Thunderbird, and more anodized aluminum trim. Still, the division was done in by an all-new Chevy, which tallied better than 1.7 million.
But Ford as a whole did splendidly in banner 1955, shattering its postwar record of 1953 by building nearly 1.5 million cars. Including the deferred costs, Variety reported the production costs at $43 million. They hired aerospace engineers, network engineers, mapping specialists, energy specialists, at least one balloonist, military vets and textile experts (including seamstresses) for designing, testing and sewing the balloons. Productivity apps are one area where Android has a bit of an edge on iPad as far as selection. The Apple iPad debuted: a 10-inch (25.4-centimeter) touchscreen tablet running Apple's proprietary iOS operating system. Poverty in the interwar years (1918-1939) was responsible for several measures which largely killed off the Poor Law system. More importantly, it was new against Chevy's second facelift in two years. Assuming control of a third-rate company in 1945, they'd turned it into something approaching General Motors in less than 15 years. With small, high-resolution handheld displays, head-mounted displays built into smart glasses and all sorts of control systems enabled by smart devices, wireless signals and high-bandwidth Internet access, clever programmers will make your neighborhood and city part of a story.
The rest of the '54 story was basically 1953 save a larger, 223-cid overhead-valve six with 115 bhp. The standard six gained five bhp to deliver 120 total. The 1957 Fords were all-new, offering a vast array of V-8s from a 190-bhp 272 up to a 245-bhp 312. The 223-cid six was standard for all but one model. Unfortunately, the Fords had some structural weaknesses (principally roof panels) and were prone to rust, one reason you don't see that many today. This was the Fairlane Crown Victoria, a hardtop-style two-door sedan with a bright metal roof band wrapped up and over from steeply angled B-posts. There was also a novel new hardtop called Skyliner, a Crestline Victoria with a transparent, green-tint Plexiglas roof insert over the front seat. Club coupes were abandoned, wagons grouped in a separate series, and Crestline was renamed Fairlane (after the Ford family estate in Dearborn). Styling was handled by Franklin Q. Hershey, who also gets credit for that year's new two-seat Thunderbird (see separate entry). With 130 horsepower, this was easily the year's hottest engine in the low-price field.