Colin Powell: Public life, Volvos, and a poignant what if
网页2021年10月18日 · Colin Powell – who held some of the most stressful national security posts in the U.S. government during decades of public life – used to relax by fixing up old Volvos. He would say that unlike...
Colin Powell Loves Old Volvos - Autotrader
网页2016年10月11日 · Yes, it’s true — our 65th Secretary of State loves old Volvos. You might not expect this, but it’s been documented over the years in dozens of articles, in which Colin Powell discusses military strategy, political success and his years of public service and then goes off on a tangent about a 122S he particularly likes.
Vintage Volvos Earn Their Stripes (Ask the General Who Owns One)
网页2007年3月4日 · Another Volvo fan is Colin L. Powell. The former secretary of state and chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff was often found behind the chairman’s quarters at Fort Myer in Virginia tinkering...
Colin Powell: Public life, Volvos, and a poignant what if
网页2021年10月18日 · Over two decades, Monitor reporter Peter Grier interviewed Colin Powell about everything from hope to his hobby fixing Volvos. He looks back on the life of a thoughtful and witty public servant – one whose sidelining took America down a …
IS AMERICA READY TO BE LED BY A MAN WHO CAN FIX VOLVOS?
网页1995年9月17日 · “Yeah, I’m big on Volvos,” conceded Colin Powell, an aggressively rational, practical man. Powell has bought, fixed, repainted and resold 30 old Volvos in the last decade. It started with a...
General Colin Powell and his Volvo Collection
网页2021年12月1日 · General Colin Powell and his Volvo Collection. December 1, 2021 • General Colin Powell • poster • Volvo. I recently read about the passing of retired General Colin Powell. Doubtless, he performed a great public service to our country over the years. I also read about his predilection for vintage Volvos which I was unaware of.
Opinion | The time Colin Powell didn’t let me buy his Volvo
网页2021年10月20日 · He used to own the only known existing Volvo 164E in color #109, “Ocean Green.”. Much has already been written on the life and times of former secretary of state Colin L. Powell, who died...
A Conversation With Colin Powell - The Atlantic
网页2004年8月2日 · Colin Powell and P. J. O'Rourke discuss foreign policy, Volvos, Elvis, and more. The full transcript of an interview from the September 2004 Atlantic
In Describing His Life, Colin Powell Emerges As Lover of Tradition
网页1995年11月7日 · In his new memoir, ''My American Journey,'' Powell writes that he once applied for a license to sell used Volvos out of his Virginia home. The state refused because Powell's address then, as...
Colin Powell was an insider who also stood apart | The Australian
网页2021年10月19日 · If you want to understand the man Colin Powell was, the thing to remember is that his hobby was repairing old Volvo cars. The passion for car repairs was a vestige of his working-class background, and a metaphor for the everyman approach he brought to positions of power.