Word: audie
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...with Congress present serpentine challenges worthy of a Kafka plot, his personality has the dense texturing of a protagonist in a Nabokov novel. Contradictions little and large adorn his life. He owns two racehorses but never bets on them because he doesn't gamble. Last year when his aged Audi expired, he agonized for weeks before acquiring a new Mercedes- Benz. The symbolism of so expensive a car bothers this man of independent means who cuts his own hair (badly) because "it's cheaper and faster." With a reporter he knows well, he can be drawn into conversation about...
...sales of the West German-built Audi 5000 plunged after reports circulated in 1986 that the car sometimes surged forward even though the accelerator was not depressed. The sudden accelerations allegedly caused more than 1,300 accidents, which resulted in five deaths and 441 injuries. While attention has focused on Audi, the problem may be much more common than originally thought, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating similar complaints about other manufacturers' models...
Consider the following: Martha Dierdre is 72 and worth about $300,000. Widowed five years ago, she lives in a $150,000 condominium in Los Angeles, drives an Audi, consults her broker weekly, and plays bridge on Tuesdays over tea and crumpets. Her most solemn ritual takes place at the beginning of each month, when she walks to her bank and deposits a $420 Social Security check. She thinks of her husband, a warehouseman who worked hard and saved for 30 years. "A deal is a deal is a deal," she declares. "I don't care what I'm worth...
...Presidential Candidate Lyndon LaRouche: "Why don't you shut up?" Downey: "Why don't you shut up? All you're doing is spewing garbage." Porn Star Seka walked off one program in disgust; Downey threw Journalist Rich Taylor off another show during an argument about alleged defects in the Audi 5000. Two weeks ago, Downey was arraigned on an assault charge filed by Gay Activist Andrew Humm, a guest who claims Downey slapped him after a heated exchange during a show (never aired) on the Roman Catholic Church. Downey has pleaded not guilty...
...more than business as usual last week at the German border crossing point of Herleshausen when the gold-colored Mercedes-Benz and the red Audi parked within walking distance of the checkpoint. The mission: the exchange of convicted spies by East and West Germany. The swap was thought to be an attempt to create goodwill before East German Leader Erich Honecker visits Bonn next month...