Word: auto
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...films have their moments of pure fascination. The almost erotic demolition derby in Cremaster 3--four sedans pulverize a mint-condition vintage black roadster in the lobby of the Chrysler building--is a scene of auto-Oedipal aggression that will stay with me for a long time. Barney reminds you sometimes of a sinister voluptuary. (That's a compliment.) At other times he seems more like a gee-whiz mythomaniac. (That's not.) There are lustrous episodes all through his films, amid stretches of state-of-the-art art boredom and Surrealist touches that remind you that Surrealism...
...factors considered by the selection committee is the team’s record over its last 16 games. If Harvard is to have a chance to make NCAAs without winning the ECAC Tournament auto-bid, it would need to sweep this weekend, its first playoff series and its semi-final match...
...fine restaurants a lot more than off-road driving, seldom go to church and have limited interest in volunteer work." But Bradsher admits SUV buyers don't necessarily have all those traits; they are just more likely to have them than minivan owners. Last week Kelley Blue Book, an auto-information company, released a survey of new-vehicle buyers who had visited its website; respondents said the No. 1 attribute of SUV drivers is that they are "family oriented," not self-oriented...
...right way to frame the SUV debate is not whether SUVs should be dumped but whether society pays too much, and their drivers too little, for the benefits SUVs provide. One point that environmentalists and auto executives agree upon is that gas prices, despite their recent rise amid the talk of war, remain low by historical standards. Eron Shosteck of the Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers says his members offer more than 30 passenger vehicles that get at least 30 m.p.g. (compared with, say, the Range Rover, which gets 14). "But very few people buy them," Shosteck says of the fuel...
...profits have been crucial to the auto industry's rebounding economic performance over the past few years. That has meant more jobs not only in Michigan but in other states that produce SUV components. Which is partly why SUVs live in a kind of unprickable bubble in Washington. SUVs can get horrible gas mileage because the 1975 law that created fuel-efficiency standards made a distinction between cars and light trucks. (SUVs count as trucks because of their weight and off-road capability.) Everyone agrees that when the fuel-efficiency law was passed, Congress had no intention of exempting...