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American automobile manufacturer

This article is about the automobile brand. For other uses, see Dodge (disambiguation).

Dodge is an American brand of automobiles and a division of Stellantis North America, based in Auburn Hills, Michigan. Dodge vehicles have historically included performance cars, and for much of its existence, Dodge was Chrysler's mid-priced brand above Plymouth.

Founded as the Dodge Brothers Company machine shop by brothers Horace Elgin Dodge and John Francis Dodge in the early 1900s, Dodge was originally a supplier of parts and assemblies to Detroit-based automakers like Ford. They began building complete automobiles under the "Dodge Brothers" brand in 1914, predating the founding of the Chrysler Corporation. The factory located in Hamtramck, Michigan, was the Dodge main factory from 1910 until it closed in January 1980. John Dodge died from the Spanish flu in January 1920, having lungs weakened by tuberculosis 20 years earlier. Horace died in December of the same year, perhaps weakened by the Spanish flu, but the cause of death was cirrhosis of the liver. Their company was sold by their families to Dillon, Read & Co. in 1925 before being sold to Chrysler in 1928.

Dodge's mainstay vehicles were trucks, full-sized passenger cars through the 1970s, and it also built compact cars such as the 1963 through 1976 Dart and midsize as well as such as the "B-Body" Coronet and Charger from 1965 until 1978.

The 1973 oil embargo caused American "gas guzzler" sales to slump, prompting Chrysler to develop the Dodge AriesK platform compact and midsize cars for the 1981 model year. The K platform and its derivatives are credited with reviving Chrysler's business in the 1980s. One example was the Dodge Caravan.

The Dodge brand continued through multiple ownership changes of Chrysler Corporation from 1998 until 2009. These included its merger with Daimler-Benz AG between 1998 and 2007. Chrysler w

The secluded, picturesque village of La Nueva is nestled deep within the lush, green valleys of the Northern Spanish region of Asturias. Dominated by the towering Pozo San Luis mine at its heart, its postcard-pretty image speaks of natural beauty juxtaposed with a history of hard labour that brought prosperity to the region via its own black gold, coal. 

And it was here, in 2011, that I met the devil.

I'd heard the stories about him, saw his image in print and was well aware of the full extent of his own unique kiss of death - his ability to wreak havoc on those whom he crossed paths with in his line of duty.

Then, during a traditional Saturday artisan market, thronging with people and stall holders selling their wares, appeared this towering inferno in skin and bone form, elegant in his jeans, polo shirt and dark complexion, one unbefitting of the ruler of the underworld.

His name? Manuel Enrique Mejuto González. 

A man, perhaps not one easily remembered even by those of a footballing persuasion in my home nation of Scotland, but one who, seen photographed whistle-in-hand, conjures up a level of boiling rage that could ignite the fire of a thousand suns. A rage that is perhaps even as potent as the despair that was felt by the Tartan Army, after Peru humiliated Ally MacLeod's men in Argentina in 1978.

As expected of Satan, he knew who I was, like he had felt my presence. As the only Scot in a foreign region, one where those from other regions, never mind other European nations, rarely ventured, I was easy to spot.

"You must be the new teacher in the language school," his words of introduction. "I studied there a few years back, when I started refereeing in the Champions League."

All this I knew already, my homework on 'Mejuto' having been completed when I learned of the misfortune of my geographical proximity to the man; one of three famous footballing sons born and brought up in the area, alongside a certain David Villa and ex-Real Madri

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• In Reader’s Digest Condensed Books, Winter 1952 Selections. Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Association, 1952, p. 397-503
• In Reader’s Digest Condensed Books. London, Sydney and Cape Town: Reader’s Digest Association, [1956?], p. 409-503
• In Anthology of Mystery and Suspense (Reader’s Digest Book Club). Pleasantville, N.Y.: Reader’s Digest Association, 1959, p. 224-315
• In The Reader’s Digest Anthology of Mystery and Suspense London, Sydney, Cape Town: Reader’s Digest Association, 1961, p. [300]-388
• In The Golden Age of Film: Four Novels That Captivated Hollywood. Ultimo, N.S.W.: Reader’s Digest Australia, 2009, p. [7]-105; ISBN: 978-1921569197

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David Dodge’s eighth novel, To Catch a Thief, represents a distinct departure in style and subject matter from his previous works of fiction. John Robie, aka Le Chat, is a retired American jewel thief living quietly in a luxurious villa, Villa des Bijoux, on the Côte d’Azur. His peace and quiet is disrupted when a string of copycat burglaries lead the flics to suspect that Le Chat has returned to h