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...reason may be genuine environmental concern. Ford's new chairman, William Clay Ford Jr., an avid fly fisherman and vegetarian, has vowed to make the company a better corporate citizen. Stung by attacks on his new Excursion--a 12.5-m.p.g. guzzler dubbed "Ford Valdez" by critics--he has expressed fears that auto companies could be scorned like tobacco companies if they don't clean up their act. Similarly, GM has sought to position itself as the greenest car company, beginning in 1996 when it launched the nation's first modern, mass-produced electric car, the EV-1. But both companies...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: How Green Was My SUV | 8/14/2000 | See Source »

...According to the Yale Daily News, a seasoned Yale guzzler confined in a Spring Break cage could consume last year's allotment of two beers in about 0.033 minutes...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: The Minutes | 4/29/1999 | See Source »

...green (as in environment) is 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...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Ford Unveils Its New King of the Road | 2/25/1999 | See Source »

Closing time. Oops! Missed the last truck home. Guess it's time to find a warm, twin, extra-long bed to crash in. [Pause.] Just kidding! Do not have to go home with first sweaty, overweight beer-guzzler who approaches. Harvard women don't have to do that shit...

Author: By Avra VAN Der zee, | Title: JUST A SQUIRREL TRYIN' TO GET A NUT | 11/5/1998 | See Source »

...house up the street. On some days, Weaver sits and sips coffee from a mug emblazoned with the German flag. When visitors drop by, he mixes White Russians in the kitchen. Outside on the small lawn, a jumble of bicycles lies scattered across the sidewalk. A battered white gas guzzler hunkers in the driveway. He says he is not working. Not doing much. Just waiting...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A RARE VISIT WITH THE REBEL OF RUBY RIDGE | 5/29/1995 | See Source »

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