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...test-drive. "We don't direct people to the hybrid," allowed Honda salesman Neil Perlmutter at a North Hollywood, Calif., dealership. "It is for people who want high gas mileage, not for the masses." Juan Capdet, a salesman at Sheridan Toyota in Santa Monica, Calif., is an enthusiast, but he acknowledges, "There is a lot of misinformation. You have to explain the new technology...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hybrid Power | 12/11/2000 | See Source »

...been a fan of [Bellow] for quite some time," said George Packer, a local enthusiast. " Ever since I read Bellow's first novel Dangling...

Author: By Antoinette C. Nwandu, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Bellow Entertains His Fans With Excerpts From Novel | 4/28/2000 | See Source »

Students at schools like Harvard--where the reigning hobgoblin of the sports program is a consistent mediocrity--are especially well-suited to sympathy with unfavored teams. Unless a squash enthusiast, a Harvard fan will, by graduation, become thoroughly acclimated to the role of underdog...

Author: By Hugh P. Liebert, | Title: March Madness and Democracy | 3/22/2000 | See Source »

...Malliaris' and Hendry's climb to the forefront of the field of mulletology had humble beginnings. The website www.mulletsgalore.com provided a crash course on the topic, enabling the inquisitive readers to absorb the fundamentals of mullet vocabulary, mullet classification and porn mullets (for the mature breed of mullet enthusiast). Soon thereafter, a friend bestowed upon Malliaris a book entitled The Mullet: Hairstyle of the Gods, which tackled advanced areas of mulletology such as the aerodynamics of the mullet and the emergence of mythical superhero Mulletman...

Author: By P. A. Steciuk, | Title: Fifteen Minutes: No, It's Not Millet...It's A Mullet | 3/2/2000 | See Source »

...gathering of 20 or so, mostly young men, some in uniform. One gets in, followed by a woman, running--she's just jumped out of another car and into ours. Her name is Maela and, like the vast majority of Cuban women, Maela is a devout spandex enthusiast. She's in a black-and-white bodysuit, bisected with belt, and she's laughing like mad at her car-to-car coup, the soldiers tossing her a wide variety of obscene gestures as we drive away. The soldier we've got is named Jordan; he's doing the mandatory military service...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hitchhiker's Cuba | 12/27/1999 | See Source »

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