Word: buys
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Having bought their way into addiction, affluent users often try to buy their way out. They can pick and choose from a long menu of treatments, from acupuncture to cocaine-blocking medications like imipramine and desipramine, but there are no quick fixes. In the end, all crack addicts, rich or poor, must put themselves back on their own feet -- a slow process that calls for professional counseling, steady support from family and friends, fearless self-examination and not a little pain...
...both Ford and General Motors are eager to strengthen their positions in the moneymaking high end of the luxury-car business. The automakers have fixed their gaze on Britain's Jaguar as the car of choice in the upscale market. Last week Ford declared that it may bid to buy Jaguar when the British government's restrictions on individual stakes in the firm expire at the end of next year. Ford currently controls 13% of Jaguar's stock...
Ford's salvo came as GM was negotiating a joint venture and minority stake in the successful but cash-strapped British carmaker. Now analysts expect that GM may be forced to try to buy the firm outright to prevent Ford from making a hostile raid. Should the battle between the two U.S. giants become heated, analysts predict, Jaguar shares currently valued at $2 billion might fetch as much as $2.9 billion...
...biggest vote you make is not on Election Day but when you buy a car, as I just did. A new Mercedes? For the West German economy, 60,000 votes. A new Infiniti? For Japan, 40,000 votes. A new Chevy Beretta? For Detroit...
...your yuppie BMW back up. I know you're every bit as patriotic as I am. And like you, I believe in free trade: you should buy whatever damn car you please. (And, yes, I know your Japanese car may have been built here, and that your Miata, built over there, is part American because Ford owns 25% of Mazda...