Word: gm
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...last month was shipped up from Mexico.) Land Rover manufactured the first Popemobile for his visit to Britain in 1982, shortly after the Pontiff survived an assassin's bullet. Since then, almost everywhere John Paul went, new Popemobiles were sure to appear -- manufactured and generally donated by Renault, Peugeot, GM, Toyota and Mercedes Benz, among others. Last week, on his trip to the Baltic states (his 61st foray out of the Holy See), the Pope took along his Mercedes and Land Rover models...
...enough and want to save a few dollars buying mail-order. A computer still costs more than a bicycle or a pair of Bose speakers. So make sure it works the way you expect and you like it before writing the check or charging it on your just-acquired GM card...
...News president Lack defends "Cataract Cowboys," calling Southeastern Eye Center's concerns "misplaced." Dateline executive producer Neal Shapiro contends the clinic's attacks come only because Dateline is still "vulnerable" as a result of the GM fiasco. Even the threat of litigation was bad news for image-battered Dateline. Earlier this month, Utah's Orrin Hatch took to the floor of the U.S. Senate to denounce the show for its "false and reckless" claim, aired Aug. 3, that he had introduced legislation that would have benefited a firm in which he holds a financial interest. Dateline's producers...
...turn on the ignition. Popular antitheft devices like The Club, which locks a steering wheel in place, never deterred him. Most thieves spray The Club with Freon and crack it with a hammer. Wills would snip it in half with a ratchet-type tool. "He said he preferred GM cars," says agent Stott. "I think he was probably just more familiar with them...
...settle 36 class-action lawsuits by owners of GM trucks that have gas tanks mounted outside the frame, and which critics have said are therefore liable to explode in an accident, the company will distribute between 4.7 million and 6 million $1,000 certificates good for the purchase of its trucks. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration is still seeking recall of the trucks, and personal-injury suits were not covered by the deal...