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Many travelers would agree. Increasingly high fees for coverage against damage, theft and other hazards can more than double the price of a car rental. A recent Hertz special, advertised at $99 for seven days, would actually cost $230.95 for full protection. Consumer advocates argue that many motorists do not need such coverage. "Car-rental companies try to intimidate customers into buying this insurance," says Robert Hunter, president of the National Insurance Consumer Organization...
...People were shocked and surprised that de Manhad written those articles," said Neil Hertz, aclose friend of de Man and professor of humanitiesat The Johns Hopkins University. "Although most ofthe writings are innocuous, at least one articlecan be characterized as anti-Semitic text...
...took the position that if Germanywas going to win the war--as it appeared theywould in 1941--what could cultural life be like?"Professor Hertz said. "The line he took was toestablish pockets of Belgian cultural autonomyunder German hegemonic domination...
...while Hertz defended de Man's character, hecriticizted his published views. "The article saidthere was something noxious about the Jewishpresence. That is clearly offensive. But the pointis the de Man I knew was a decent and admirablefigure," Hertz said...
...fanciest loops and passes ever seen in corporate aviation. After a pressurized seven-hour meeting of its board of directors, the 52-year-old firm announced that Chairman Richard Ferris, 50, had resigned and would be replaced by Frank Olson, 54, who is currently head of the company's Hertz rental-car subsidiary. At the same time, for-sale signs were tacked onto Hertz as well as the Westin and Hilton International hotel chains, whose 149 hostelries constituted the third branch of the firm. Management also said it would seriously consider demands by the pilots for employee ownership. Finally, Olson...