Word: cars
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...summer tourism season swings into full gear after the Memorial Day weekend, U.S. hoteliers, theme-park operators, tour organizers and car-rental agencies are bracing for a flood of revenue, certain that the visitors will bring plenty of money to spread around. A Government survey done in 1986, when the dollar was 25% stronger, showed that an overseas traveler spent an average of $1,358 ($340 on gifts and souvenirs alone) while in the U.S. This year visitors are expected to inject some $10.7 billion into the U.S. economy. Partly because of this infusion, revenues for the U.S. hotel...
...sales of the West German-built Audi 5000 plunged after reports circulated in 1986 that the car sometimes surged forward even though the accelerator was not depressed. The sudden accelerations allegedly caused more than 1,300 accidents, which resulted in five deaths and 441 injuries. While attention has focused on Audi, the problem may be much more common than originally thought, and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is investigating similar complaints about other manufacturers' models...
...that way. At the height of his batting powers, Ted Williams claimed he was able to read the spinning labels on 78-r.p.m. recordings. Pete Rose could count the stitches on a curving baseball. To Race Driver Jackie Stewart, nothing in the world seemed as serenely slow as a car responding well at 200 m.p.h...
Still, Helms yearns to be liked and doesn't seem to grasp the extent to which he has alienated some of his brethren. Not long ago, Ted Kennedy, his $ liberal foe, was slightly injured when a tree fell on his car. "I vow that I didn't have my chain saw out there," Helms jokingly told Kennedy as they got on an elevator together. Kennedy laughed, said Helms. Perhaps, but Kennedy will not talk about Helms. Neither will Claiborne Pell, chairman of the Foreign Relations Committee. Why not? "I have to face him," says Pell. Former Senator George McGovern feels...
...became hostages by chance after missing a Beirut airport bus and deciding to take a taxi. When a Mercedes pulled alongside and ordered them to stop, they expected a robbery. Instead they were forced into the back of the gunmen's car. What followed was three years of intimidation and psychological torture...