Word: bumpers
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...yachts. Although few people outside the industry know their names, the three men who have ascended to power at GM, Ford and Chrysler within the past year have been working hard to accomplish what many said Detroit could never do: reinvent itself and profitably build cars that can stand bumper to bumper with the best the Europeans and Japanese have to offer. After two decades of spectacular management blunders that resulted in job loss on a Homeric scale, their success or failure is a legitimate test of the ability of American manufacturing to compete against the rest of the world...
...outperformed, sophomore goalie Tripp Tracy participated in the bumper car game, the only problem being that he was always on the receiving...
...gorilla into your living room." But town leaders were already wooed and won, giving Wal- Mart the desired zoning change for the site from industrial to commercial. Norman and like-minded neighbors mobilized quickly, forming the "We're Against the Wal Committee" and bombarding the area with bumper stickers, lawn signs and newspaper ads showing people the store was so big that three baseball stadiums the size of Boston's Fenway Park could fit on the land...
There is no doubt that commercialism has reached its high tide, and organized religion its low ebb, when the faithful shill for the Prince of Peace, slogan courtesy of the "King of Beers." Perhaps the clever Budweiser motif can continue. Maybe we'll soon see bumper stickers emblazoned with the logo, "Jesus: Proud to be Your Bud!" It may be crass, but it will sure be an attention-grabber...
...opponents give the Administration a great selling opportunity, the complexity of its plan makes it less than ideal to explain to a skeptical public. Undaunted, the White House is kicking off an all-out campaign stressing broad themes: universal coverage and portability / and security of coverage -- or, in bumper-sticker language, HEALTH CARE THAT'S ALWAYS THERE. Clinton last week was host to a Rose Garden ceremony, filmed for local TV stations, at which people who had written letters to the White House detailing their health-care troubles read their horror stories aloud...