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...recent study, Bellevue University psychology professor Cleveland Evans revealed that more Americans are naming their children after their favorite products. Out of the four million babies born nationwide in 2000, five girls were called Celica, almost 300 were recorded with the name Armani, and six boys were named after Courvoisier cognac. Evans argues that this trend to name children after cars, clothing and liquor stems from a desire to set them apart amid a sea of Emilys and Johns. Certainly, people like to think of themselves as individuals, and a name like Infiniti (22 entries) stands out in comparison...
...minute later, a black Celica zooms by us through the intersection without even slowing down...
...Damn," says Officer Branley, as Officer DeFrancesco accelerates and turns on the siren. We catch the Celica in the next block, and before the officers approach the car, Officer Branley runs a routine license-plate check by the dispatcher back at the station to see if the car is stolen. It is not, and the driver is issued a warning...
Among the newly redesigned imports on display were the Honda Accord, Acura Integra and Toyota Celica. For aspiring yuppies, BMW introduced a convertible version of the newly redesigned 325i...
...creating cars that thrill. The most successful California designs have been tough-but-smart, fun-but- practical Middle American vehicles (Toyota's Previa minivan, Nissan's Pathfinder, Isuzu's Trooper and Amigo) or else sports cars that temper the species' inherent sexiness with a certain grownup decorousness (the Celica, the Miata...