Word: detroit
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...paid manufacturing workers in the world (see chart). Others turned out products that consumers judged to be of poor design and workmanship, unwittingly setting themselves up as targets for foreign competitors. Standout example: Japanese cars are no longer remarkably cheap in the U.S., but they sell heavily on what Detroit automakers concede is a reputation for superior quality. American automen insist they have improved the quality of their cars enough to equal the Japanese, but many motorists do not believe them. Workmanship is also a problem for U.S. exporters: surveys show that Japanese consumers think the quality of American goods...
...Detroit 6, Toronto...
...Praise the Lord," said John Z. DeLorean when he heard the not-guilty verdict at his cocaine-trafficking trial last year. But his legal troubles were far from over. A federal grand jury in Detroit last week indicted the once and possibly future automaker on new charges: mail and wire fraud, interstate transportation of stolen money, and income tax evasion. The accusations stem from his handling of the finances of DeLorean Motor Co., which went bankrupt in 1982. Investigators charge that DeLorean, 60, bilked his backers out of $8.9 million...
...once in the auto industry's fast lane, brushed off questions from reporters | outside his Manhattan apartment with a brusque "Read the book. It's all in the book." He was referring to DeLorean (Zondervan; $17.95), his new autobiography. In it, he denies the charges raised in Detroit. Writes DeLorean: "When all the documents and facts are presented, I expect to be fully vindicated...
Winning just as handily last week, but for a fourth term, was Detroit Mayor Coleman Young, 67. Young won renomination to serve another four years against a dozen opponents who argued that he had stayed past his time. A skilled assembler of support among labor, civic and business leaders, Young sped away with 64% of the Motor City's vote...