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In 1952 Toledo's Jeep-making Willys Motors surveyed the Brazilian market and with its distributors in Brazil organized Willys-Overland do Brasil, capitalized at $250,000, more than 50% from the U.S. mother firm, the rest from Brazilians.
From Time Magazine Archive
The boy's name was Arnold Carruth, and that was against him, as being long, and his mother firm about allowing no nickname.
From The Copy-Cat and Other Stories by Freeman, Mary Eleanor Wilkins
With which cheerful promise Mr Laurie departed; and Ted, finding his mother firm, soon followed, to coax his uncle to take him.
From Jo's Boys by Alcott, Louisa May
