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Word: ferrari (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Harvard right now, and he's in Saudi Arabia. It's not fair," Renata J. Ferrari '94 said of a friend in the Middle East...

Author: By Benjamin O. Davis, | Title: Jan. 14, Not Jan. 15, Worries Students | 1/11/1991 | See Source »

...Bennett's best customers were David and Michael Harris, flashy distributors who ran a string of crack houses in South Central L.A. Michael's profits let him buy a red Ferrari and gain access to a world of celebrities and politicians who were unaware of how he could afford his leather suits and diamond pendants. That may be because he also ran a trucking firm, an auto- leasing outfit and a limousine company, which were handy for his coke business. Recalls an admiring associate: "His drivers wore tuxedoes and he always made sure there was champagne in the cars...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fling of a High Roller | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...designed as a challenger to Porsche and Ferrari, but may actually top them in comfort and high-tech efficiency. The all-aluminum NSX, which weighs just 3,000 lbs., has a top speed of 168 m.p.h. and can accelerate from 0 to 60 m.p.h. in a brisk 5.6 sec. Reviews in the automotive press have been ecstatic. "Compared with the NSX," said Automobile magazine, "a Chevrolet Corvette felt like it was from the Iron Age. A Ferrari 328 felt ponderous, massively challenging to drive, and not terribly quick...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: SPORTS CARS: Not Like Your Father's Honda | 9/3/1990 | See Source »

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