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...bright side for Geely and Chery is that Americans are growing accustomed to higher-end Chinese products, such as flat-screen TVs and laptop PCs. Art Spinella, president of CNW Marketing Research, surveyed consumers to see if they would consider buying a Chinese car. About 36% said they would. "That level of consideration is twice what it was for Korean brands 10 years ago," he says. Mel Rapton, the California car dealer, figures that a combo of 100,000-mile warranties and cut-rate pricing will get Chinese cars moving. "It's a pretty big gamble," the 77-year...
Erotic massages. Talk of a “Team Zebra.” Someone named “Flat Patty.” A striking explosion of banks. The closing of WordsWorth Books and impending shutdown of Brattle Theatre. Today, Harvard Square is quickly deteriorating into a den of vice, exotic livestock, and easy credit, a.k.a., New Haven. It’s long past time for some unserious reflection. Look, for example, to the charges brought against About Hair, a shady Arrow Street salon accused of providing prostitution services to students and other local residents (a sign in the front...
CREATURE COMFORTS: SEASON ONE RICHARD GOLESZOWSKI Talking dogs and hamsters: big deal, eh? Yes, and a flat-out funny one in these 9-min. stop-motion gems, which put musings on various subjects by various Brits into the quizzical mouths of animated animals. An extension of Nick Park's Oscar-winning short (included on the DVD), this BBC series offers the sagest social critique this side of South Park...
...Lutero said. “I had to be careful about who was riding in my car.” While that altruistic attitude appeared to have been adopted by many, others have tried to take advantage of the strike. Many taxicabs have been running on flat fares, determined by city “zones,” picking up more than one passenger and sometimes stopping at bus stops, but others profited by charging illegally high amounts for short distances. Francine N. Schweitzer, a commuter from Westchester who was able to take a cab for metered fare from Grand...
...film is better because it "telescopes the book's first 100 pages into a thrilling 20 minutes." But without the detail of those 100 pages, the beginning of the movie is disjointed, sketchy and no doubt confusing to those who haven't read the book. The film falls flat. As for the idea that the book is perhaps overlong, if a book is an excellent read, it can never be too long. Jenny Turco Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin...