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...demand is huge: a thief can steal a $10,000 Nissan Sentra, strip it and sell the parts for $20,000 to $25,000. While luxury cars are always tempting, among the most popular cars to steal, according to the National Insurance Crime Bureau, are: the Pontiac Firebird, Chevrolet Camaro, Mitsubishi Starion, Toyota MR2 and Chrysler Conquest...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hell on Wheels | 8/16/1993 | See Source »

...interesting experience once when I pulled up along side a blacked-out Camaro whose sole occupant wore wrap-around sunglasses, a pink bandanna and all the indications of steroid use. I inched up a little to the light, and when it turned he thrust his V8 engine into action. Of course, he had to brake heavily to stop before the next light, but I arrived, unavoidably, slightly later than he did. Knowing that my horsepower was inferior, I decided that brains would...

Author: By Daniel Altman, | Title: Don't Leave Home--If You're Not in a Tank | 8/10/1993 | See Source »

...Driving through upstate New York to lecture at a New England college a few years ago, West was pulled over by a cop who figured him for a drug runner because of his flashy clothes, jewelry and sporty Camaro. When West protested that he was in fact a professor of religion, the officer scoffed, "Yeah, and I'm the flying nun. Let's go, nigger," and hauled him off to jail. It took a phone call to the college to secure West's release...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Philosopher With a Mission: CORNEL WEST | 6/7/1993 | See Source »

...stand a chance that there will be some kind of violent response. So we thought long and hard. But we removed it, and there was no action." The only rise the FBI managed to get out of Koresh was last Sunday, when an armored vehicle towed his precious black Camaro to make room for the next day's attack...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Branch Davidians: Oh, My God, They're Killing Themselves! | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

...personal independence, like money and belongings, while Koresh seemed to have unlimited funds, much of the money apparently from his followers' nest eggs. The grounds around the compound were littered with old automobiles that the faithful cannibalized for parts to keep their clunkers running while Koresh drove a black Camaro muscle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: David Koresh: In the Grip of a Psychopath | 5/3/1993 | See Source »

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