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Without a torturous spy subplot, a drag show is nothing. With one, it could be a dragnet show. International espionage, despite its tendency to climax in showdowns on top of skyscrapers, is eerily seductive--think Tom Cruise flailing like an insect in Mission Impossible, Harrison Ford in Patriot Games, Elizabeth Berkeley in Showgirls. Kick from showcases its espionage plot as a xenophobic triangle, with private eyes Katya Redhanded (Young Lee '99) and Newt Erd on the tail of Eiffel Over (Christian Roulleau '01), a breadbasket wearing, scent-spilling, card-carrying member of the HPT (Hairy Patriarchal Thespians). For the resident...
...been cooped up all winter, springtime is just around the corner and we're hitting the open road. And with gasoline cheaper than water at the local 7-Eleven, it's time to roll down those highways jammed with working-class heroes in one of the big boys, like Ford's new giga...
Harvard has contracted with Stamford, Connecticut-based STOP Inc., whose clients include Raytheon Corp., Ford Motor Co. and General Electric...
...Today in a press briefing, Ford Motor Co. rolls out the biggest sports utility vehicle to hit the road yet: The Ford Excursion, a 3.5-ton, 19-foot-long behemoth, coming to your nearest showroom this fall. The unveiling is no surprise, says TIME Detroit correspondent Nichole Christian: ?It was only a matter of time before someone attempted to topple GM,? the current reigning colossus king and maker of the Chevrolet/GMC Suburban. The reason for the bigger-is-better drive is strictly bottom line. ?Consumers have been saying these big vehicles are what they want,? says Christian, and automakers have...
...raising all sorts of red flags from environmentalists. The Sierra Club has already dubbed the Excursion a ?suburban assault vehicle? and one of the group's officials described it as ?a garbage truck that dumps its pollution into the sky.? That the new gas guzzler should be a Ford is rather ironic, says Christian. Company chairman William Clay Ford has vowed to make the automaker the leader in developing clean vehicles. Ford's explanation of the apparent Excursion eco-paradox: SUV consumers are not particularly concerned about gas consumption; nevertheless, the vehicle will produce 43 percent less smog than permitted...