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...stands are a slew of small-time operators and hopefuls. They don't have the budgets to match the big boys, so they have to use their imaginations, a process that results in bikini-clad girls draped over cut-outs of show stars as though they were the latest Ford Thunderbird. Other stands touting wildlife programs offered you the exciting opportunity to be photographed with a small mammal and a show host, usually clad in what looked like a jungle outfit from...
...maybe it will. Though there didn't seem to be too many show buyers there, the girls did catch the attention of a representative from a respected Hollywood talent firm. Chris Coelen, an agent at top notch United Talent Agency - clients include Jim Carrey, Harrison Ford, Barry Levinson and Charlize Theron - was most enthused by the ladies. He danced energetically with Amy and assured her that if she appeared on the Hooters TV show he would be willing to try and get her a hosting slot on the Travel Channel...
...best evidence for this is Exhibit A: the 2002 model Ford Explorer. Just as the Firestone fiasco exploded, Ford was putting the finishing touches on its next generation Explorer, which is due out late next month. The new model has been in development since 1996, long before the tire crisis was visible. (Indeed, plaintiffs' lawyers are probing that process for evidence of Ford's culpability.) It has a longer and wider wheelbase, which make it more stable and, by the way, earned it three rollover stars in the NHTSA calculations. By the end of this year, the Explorer will...
...important addition to the new Explorer would not have been possible before: an air-bag curtain that activates in the event of a rollover and envelops passengers in a cocoon. The technology is so new that Ford had to gamble that its supplier would be able to provide...
DIED. LOWELL PERRY, 68, star football player at the University of Michigan; first post-World War II black assistant NFL coach and chairman of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission in the Ford Administration; of cancer; in Southfield, Mich. He was also the NFL's first black broadcaster and one of the first blacks to head a major auto plant--for Chrysler...