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...Exit, is a manual for committing suicide or helping someone else to do so. It includes charts of lethal dosages for 18 prescription drugs, primarily pain killers and sleeping tablets; it debates and debunks the merits of cyanide; it offers abundant practical advice about asphyxiation by plastic bag or auto exhaust. Seemingly every detail is addressed: mixing pills with yogurt or pudding so that the patient does not vomit or pass out before ingesting a lethal amount; not turning off the telephone or message machine, because "any changes will only alert callers to something unusual happening"; having family members avoid...
...giving the boys in Detroit a few sleepless nights," said Joseph Phillippi, an automotive-industry analyst at Shearson Lehman Bros. in New York City. "The Big Three say that they have similar technology, but Japan puts it in the showroom." The Japanese now command roughly 25% of the U.S. auto market, a 5% gain in three years...
...restricting frivolous litigation. There is surely something new in the American air that inspired the estate of Christopher Duffy of Framingham, Mass., who stole a car from a parking lot and got killed in a subsequent accident, to sue the proprietor of the lot for failing to prevent auto thefts. The same ingredient in the Zeitgeist must have affected the Philadelphia jury described by journalist Walter Olson in a new book, The Litigation Explosion. The jury awarded $986,000 in 1986 to Judith Haimes, a psychic who was said to be on good terms with John Milton (1608-1674). Haimes...
...favorite car of fat cats now seems to be suffering from a weight problem of its own. Mercedes-Benz heralded its new "S-class" autos as "the best cars in the world" when they were launched in March, a pointed dig at newly arrived Japanese rivals in the luxury market. But the S-class dream car has collided with the no-kidding-around standards of the German government, which require car companies to declare the "gross weight" of their models in actual use. Auto Motor und Sport, an industry magazine based in Stuttgart, pointed out that when a Mercedes 300SE...
...Want an auto loan? Simply go to your car dealer, who can provide a loan from one of the financing arms of the big automakers. Want a home mortgage? Call an insurance company or even a Wall Street securities firm. More and more Americans are doing just that. At the end of 1990, banks held a mere 16% of the $3 trillion in residential mortgages outstanding, and less than half of all auto loans...