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In 1955, Robert B. Young, of the Marketing Research at the Ford Co., wrote to the poet Marianne Moore, soliciting names for a new model of car the company was developing. Here are some of her suggestions.
angelastro
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fée rapide
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pluma piluma
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the aeroterre
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the anticipator
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the arc-en-ciel
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the dearborn diamanté
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the mongoose civique
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the pastelogram
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the regna racer
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the resiliant bullet
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the taper acer
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the thunder crester
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turcotingo
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utopian turtletop
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