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...shoddy or shiny, those rocket 88s did let him blast off. He sold records by the millions, induced puberty in America's young and shrugged off the charge by Jerry Lewis (born Joseph Levitch) that Jerry Lee had stolen his name! He also refuted the skeptics by proving that a man could still make concert-stage mayhem from a sitting position. Jerry Lee's one condition for business and pleasure: "Just give me my money and show me where the piano...
...period is not arbitrary. World War II and its aftermath provided fantasy heroes with real villains. Superman interceded at critical moments to pretzel the barrels of German 88s. Captain Marvel punched Japanese Zeroes out of the Pacific skies, and Wonder Woman not only deflected machine-gun slugs with her bracelets but also offered future feminists an early model of the female as an empowered single...
...company most affected is General Motors. The NHTSA, which has been looking into 573 reports of acceleration incidents in H-body cars (Buick LeSabres and Oldsmobile Delta 88s, for example) since last September, will now examine 110 accounts of similar problems in C-body cars (including Cadillac DeVilles, Buick Electras and Olds 98s). The H-body cars have been blamed for 343 accidents that resulted in one death and 145 injuries, while claims concerning C-body cars involved 67 accidents and 43 injuries. Since 1985, about 700,000 H-body cars and 1.4 million C-body models have been sold...
...Rocket 88s--Inn Square...
...truck. But in Europe, diesels also power some Mercedes sedans and Peugeots-and this week those cars will get a U.S. rival. General Motors will bring out the first U.S.-made diesel passenger car. It plans to offer the diesel as an optional engine on 50,000 Oldsmobile 88s and 98s in the 1978 model-year...