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...most sophisticated ever built. The aluminum-alloy engine boasts 32 valves, four for each cylinder, and an innovative air-intake system that can sip oxygen from a single narrow throttle valve or suck it full blast from a wide-mouth intake, depending on how sharply the driver presses the pedal to the metal. Other high-tech bells and whistles include a slick six-speed computer-assisted manual transmission and a suspension system that automatically adjusts shock absorbers to the speed...
...Ping golf clubs, Reebok sneakers and Volvo station wagons are all created on graphics workstations. Volvo even uses a satellite hookup to connect its design computers in California with its manufacturing computers in Gothenburg, Sweden. If a new model does not leave sufficient headroom to accommodate the average American driver, the computer in Gothenburg can spot the oversight before the car gets built...
Early-morning commuter traffic clogged the intersection when the armored Cherokee station wagon eased to a halt at a red light in downtown San Salvador. A moment later a man darted forward, placed a bomb on the car roof, then fled just before the explosion. The driver and a bodyguard escaped with minor injuries. But the man in the back seat was killed. He was Attorney General Roberto Garcia Alvarado, the highest-ranking government official to be slain in a war that has claimed some 70,000 lives over the past nine years...
...drive one of the big red boxes every Monday and Wednesday; in fact, if you're riding today between 11:45 and 1:30, I'm your driver. (Look up and wave hello...
...couple of final suggestions: if you see the bus coming up the street, wave your hand high. If the driver doesn't make eye contact with you, he or she may not realize you're waiting for the shuttle. And above all, don't forget to say "Hi" as you get on the bus. After all, shuttle drivers need support...