Word: headroom
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...three-way mirror and began to play, the whole crowd of anxious modern citizens was alike in amazement; not a one was prepared for the emotional intensity delivered soon thereafter. Goofiness we might have expected from the bespectacled Aaron Perrino, the three-person band's guitarist/lead singer/Max Headroom lookalike. And we might have anticipated a too-jaded-to-smile brand of contemporary bass-playing from bassist Jim Gilbert...
...bizarre reversal of roles, NASA downplayed the near miss ? and pointed out Mir had about 1,000 yards of headroom. "It wasn't anything major. This happens every month," said NASA spokesman John Lawrence. But the incident provided a reminder of the hazards of space traffic ? where an object the size of a grain of sand can hit with the impact of a .38-caliber bullet...
This year Mr. Sloan would have been pleased. From Chevrolet there is the powerful silhouette of the first new Corvette in 13 years and the return of the once popular Malibu family sedan with both headroom and horsepower to spare. From Oldsmobile there is the Intrigue, a new nameplate for an elegantly tailored four-door sedan that, its chief designer says, "looks like a car dressed in a Chanel suit." From Pontiac, there is a two-tone macho minivan for suburbanites who still lust for the fast lane. From Saturn, the EV1, a noiseless, all-aluminum electric vehicle. From Cadillac...