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...promotions that had been cutting into the bottom line. The result: healthy profits. On Tuesday, Chrsyler Corp., the nation's third largest car manufacturer, reported third quarter profits of $651 million, a 54% gain from '93. Analysts expect similarly bouyant results in the coming days when General Motors and Ford report their own third quarter performances. Such positive showings, of course, are a mixed blessing for consumers, particularly those in the market for new wheels. Surging car sales reflect a vigorous economy, but fewer discounts on the dealer...
With the exception, perhaps, of Bill Clinton. And Gingrich's life has surprising -- if often superficial -- parallels with the President's. Both are Southerners. They are about the same age (Gingrich, at 51, is three years older). Both own classic Ford Mustangs. Both got deferments from the Vietnam draft (Clinton's 2-S student dodge, Gingrich's 3-A married-with-children exemption). They share dopey explanations for marijuana use. (Clinton: "I didn't inhale." Gingrich: "I tried it once; it had no effect on me.") Both took the names of their stepfathers (Clinton was born Blythe; Gingrich, McPherson). Most...
...must be from Mars. Every room with a television, newspaper or radio in it seems like a Circus Maximus, in true American style. The story of the Simpson snowball goes something like the following. The story breaks in mid-June, and North America is treated to a four-hour Ford commercial. Bronco sales must have skyrocketed: "What a stunningly handsome car! I'll take one with the O.J. option package please--with revolver...
...last. A new line of trading cards comes out, three dollars each, or two for five dollars, emblazoned with a stylish "Murder I" logo in blood red and flattering photos of, among other things: O.J.'s knife, O.J.'s lawyer, O.J.'s friend, O.J. and O.J.'s white Bronco, (Ford must be opening a new plant soon...
...realizes what Frank Rich writes, that "As long as the judge is on television...he has the ability to make and break stars, upstage the election campaign and destroy the productivity of the American workforce [barring the productivity, of course, of Ford Bronco plants]." Would Lance Ito ever consider losing this power and this audience by banning media coverage? The fact that he capitalizes on his center stage situation tells us a bit about the cost of our circus, and what we've become in supporting it. The judge-turned-jester now runs the court...