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Under particular scrutiny, naturally, were the salaries and perks of the three U.S. auto-company chiefs -- Chrysler's Lee Iacocca, Ford's Harold Poling and GM's Robert Stempel -- all of whom accompanied the President to Tokyo. The three were paid a total of $7.3 million-plus in 1990, including more than $4 million in stock incentives...
...Bush has consigned geopolitics to second place so that he can concentrate on a detailed discussion of auto parts, semiconductors and rice. By bringing along an entourage of 21 corporate executives, a number of whom are outspoken protectionists and Japan bashers, the President has turned the trip into a trade mission and himself into his own Secretary of Commerce. To such a visitor, the Japanese will find it all the easier to say no. So even in terms of his own obsessively repeated objective, the J word, Bush is likely to fail...
...Avenue. An old nameplate in new garb, this full-size sedan benefits from a silky four-speed electronic transmission that matches those featured in the Lexus and Infiniti. "GM always knew how to build big cars, so it's no surprise that's where the new strength lies," says auto critic Jim Dunne, Detroit editor of Popular Mechanics. The car is full-bodied, but Buick's design team has succeeded in giving it a lean, light-footed profile...
Thompson has been fighting for custody since an auto accident left Kowalski brain damaged and quadriplegic eight years ago. Kowalski was in a nursing home under her parents' custody until 1989, when her father concluded that his heart trouble and the strain of the legal challenges prevented him from continuing as guardian. At that time Thompson was bypassed in favor of a close family friend...
...officials from the Energy Department, Bush signed an agreement committing the government to a three-year, $260 million collaborative search for a small, lightweight battery to power electric cars. Calling the consortium "an idea whose time has come," Bush added, "Electric vehicles represent the next technology milestone in the auto industry, and we intend to beat our competitors to that milestone...