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When 19-year-old Michael J. Ackerley dropped out of high school two-years ago, he did not expect the search for a job to be so tough. The addition of a felony conviction to his record in December for stealing a Mercedes Benz convertible seemed to be the final obstacle...
...Nissan, 3,100,968; Volkswagen-Audi, 2,210,666; Renault, 1,810,365; Peugeot-Citroen-Talbot, 1,593,943; Fiat, 1,209,819; Toyo Kogyo (Mazda), 1,176,608; Mitsubishi, 1,094,793; Honda, 1,008,927; Chrysler, 1,002,464; Lada (U.S.S.R.), 830,000; Daimler-Benz, 712,315; Suzuki...
...blatant knock-off of the $40,000 two-seat Mercedes-Benz 380 SL that Chrysler has code-named the SL and will sell for about half the price. He is wagering an enormous amount, $700 million, that he can rekindle buyer interest in vans (see box). Chrysler claims the hybrid minivan will be as revolutionary as the Mustang...
...transient nausea and vomiting, doctors worry about administering a toxic anticancer drug forlong periods. Another concern: What other genes are being altered? A fear is that the drug approach may inadvertently switch on recently discovered cancer genes that apparently lie dormant in most people. Nonetheless, noted Hematologist Edward Benz of Yale University School of Medicine, who wrote an accompanying editorial in the NEJM, "this research represents a major new step in treating disease and demonstrates beyond doubt that genetic manipulation has come to the bedside...
...November (181,000) as Volvo expects to sell (73,000) during all of 1982. Still, with models that range in price from $12,000 to $20,000, Volvo has succeeded in skimming some of the luxury cream off the automotive market, along with its prospering high-priced competitors Mercedes-Benz, BMW, Saab and Porsche. Notes Analyst David Healy of New York's Drexel Burnham Lambert: "Only the affluent can consider buying cars now. To them money is no object...