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...course, when you pop out your stock chip and replace it with a superchip, you break your warranty and you may violate the Clean Air Act, which was amended last year to require that high-performance parts meet the emissions standards of the car for which they are built. Today most superchip makers are scrambling to bring their products up to that code. Meanwhile, a California start-up called Adaptive Technologies has introduced a nifty gadget that lets you drive around in your superchipped wheels and then, when it's inspection time, switch back to the original chip with...
...could reignite. Hard-line factions within the Palestine Liberation Organization might grab control. A new round of hostage taking could commence, and the safety of the remaining captives would be jeopardized. If the talks prove nasty enough, war might even erupt between Israel and Syria. All of this would chip away at U.S. prestige and influence -- or even endanger Americans directly...
...senior Loren Ambinder's chip over an extended Gina Gioffre just 10 minutes into the contest which put the Crimson (11-2-2 overall, 3-1-2 Ivies) ahead to stay. Ambinder, the team's leading scorer, converted an Amy Belisle pass into her sixth tally of the season...
Shamir, for his part, has voiced little affection for the Arab parties. His prevailing posture is that he will make no concessions. That leaves little room for successful negotiations. He claims that Israel's right to exist is not a bargaining chip and that Israel should not be expected to forfeit territory, which is real, for promises that it will be left alone, which are just talk. Whether or not his position is reasonable, declarations of inflexibility are unlikely to warm the attitudes of his opposite numbers...
...rundown U.S. economy sent discouraging new signals last week that it cannot shake the blahs. In one major sign of weakness, a virtual Who's Who of blue-chip companies reported huge losses or falling profits for the third quarter of this year. Citicorp lost $885 million largely because of red ink at its Quotron stock-reporting service and costs stemming from the layoff of 5,000 workers earlier this year. The largest U.S. banking firm said it would suspend its dividend and dismiss several thousand more workers. Among manufacturers, IBM said slumping sales caused its profits to plunge...