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...spot in a popular rap video and a weekly gig on a Philadelphia sports talk-radio program, success hasn't swelled Harley's head. After watching a recent Sixers game from his second-row seat, Harley left the arena and pulled away in his company car, a $50,000 Cadillac Escalade. But he stopped when he recognized a policeman who once worked in West Philly. "Hey, you got a slice of cake for me?" the cop asked. "Just remember those old days." Harley laughed. How could he forget? These days the old days are his business...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rag Trade: How Old Jerseys Got Hot | 4/7/2003 | See Source »

...cliches, laying an ethereal flute and keys over violins and a crunchy boom-bip. MC Zion particularly shines on “Dune,” a haunting proclamation of socio-political apocalypse. The song’s chorus finds some hope among all the despair: “Cadillac, prison guards, Mumia behind bars / We in charge, live for God, no matter how hard...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: New Music | 2/28/2003 | See Source »

Robert Penn Warren wrote those words about a Cadillac, in a novel set in the 1930s. Back then Caddies were what you drove to announce that you had power, which is why people desired them even as they loathed their owners. Today another automobile is inspiring such passions. As sport-utility-vehicle owner Amy Dickie says, "The SUV is the Cadillac of the new millennium." Dickie is 30, brokers insurance in Atlanta and owns a Lexus RX 300. Ads hint the thing could haul a yak carcass across Tibetan grasslands; though it's one of the smaller SUVs...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The SUV Is All The Rage | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...wouldn't buy my kid a two-star rollover vehicle if it was the last one on earth." According to NHTSA's website, 22 SUVs in the current model year have a rollover-resistance rating of two stars out of five, including the Jeep Grand Cherokee and the Cadillac Escalade EXT. (Chevrolet Blazer two-wheel-drive models get just one star.) "People, when they choose to buy a vehicle, they might go sit in it and say, 'Gee, I feel safe,'" Runge continued. "But gut instinct ... isn't very good for buying a safe automobile." Runge is expected to testify...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The SUV Is All The Rage | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...situation is similar at GM, though it will launch a Cadillac two-seater (price: an estimated $80,000) and a combo roadster-truck, the Chevrolet SSR, both for next year. Producing a sports car in the sub-$40,000 segment is not part of GM's public plans, at least not yet. While the prototype of its Pontiac Solstice was a hit with critics at auto shows, GM has not said whether the car will be produced...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Turbo Boost | 12/16/2002 | See Source »

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