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...this were ignored by the Federal Government. The group accuses the government of playing politics with the test results in order to defeat a Senate measure that would require all cars to improve the fleet average to 40 m.p.g. by the year 2000 -- a goal that would force the auto companies to make smaller cars. A car industry spokesman, however, counters that the new standards will force the consumer into fewer choices and a greater risk of serious injury...
...would you describe a loss of $82 million? Chrysler's Lee Iacocca calls it ) "an outstanding performance." And the tragedy of the U.S. auto industry is: he just may be right...
Even when misfortune befalls others, it is the woman who seems to bear the burden. In ABC's Stranger in the Family, a teenager is stricken with amnesia after an auto accident. But the drama focuses on his mother (Teri Garr) and her efforts to recapture her "lost" son. In CBS's My Son Johnny, Rick Schroder plays a small-time hood who has brutalized his younger brother from childhood. Again, Mom (Michele Lee) is the star sufferer: she is forced to recognize that she has raised...
According to the report, bicycling makes up less than two percent of commuter trips, walking makes up 15.3 percent and single-occupant auto trips make up 43 percent...
...anecdote about Christopher Duffy of Framingham. Duffy stole a car from a poorly lit parking lot, wrecked it in a high-speed chase with police, then died of his injuries. His estate sued the owners of the parking lot, claiming that they should have done more to prevent auto theft...