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...sanctions, which would double the sticker price of such models as Lexus and Acura when they take effect on June 28, Trade Representative Mickey Kantor declared that the U.S. would no longer "stand by and watch its workers and its products unfairly treated" by Japanese trade barriers to American autos and auto parts...
Kantor's goal in this fight is to pry open the Japanese market for American-made auto parts -- everything from axles to mufflers to spark plugs. The U.S. claims that Japanese protectionism is evident from the fact that Japan has a 37% share of the U.S. parts market while American parts, which are of comparable quality, account for just 1.2% of the business in Japan. Hashimoto counters that it is not up to government officials to tell Japanese companies what products to buy and that any attempt to do so would violate free-trade principles...
...mobile home in Belleville, Illinois, his chest shredded by two bullet wounds. The following August, Davis, a 20-year-old alcoholic with a childhood history of brain damage and suicide attempts, and an arrest record dating back to age 8, was picked up for the armed robbery of an auto-parts store in East St. Louis. Ten days later, Davis confessed to 11 crimes, among them the Biebel murder...
Twenty thousand dollars seems like a lot of money. But it's spread out over a 10-year period. If a family were to take this money and move to New Haven, the increase in their home and auto insurance premiums might be greater than the money they get from Yale...
...Marlboro, Camel, and Newport advertise the most and are most consumed by adolescents," Kessler said. "In 1992, the tobacco industry spent $5.2 billion dollars on advertising...falling second only to the auto industry in the most dollars spent on advertising...