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Indeed, it already has: the Indians, who are also plentifully supplied by the Soviets, have reduced an order for British Jaguar jets and turned to the French for 150 of the more powerful Mirage 2000s...
...North High School in the affluent Detroit suburb of Grosse Pointe, Mich., the clean, airy dining room looks out on a parking lot filled with students' Volkswagens, Hondas and even one classic E-type Jaguar. At 11:30 a.m., the room starts to fill with the first of three lunchtime shifts. But about half of North High's 1,600 students drive to fast-food restaurants, go home or bring their own lunches; of the remainder, 70% pass up the standard federally subsidized lunch to buy à la carte items-90? hamburgers, $1.15 bacon, lettuce and tomato sandwiches...
...Japanese imports climbed nearly 30%. Thousands of workers were laid off or had their hours cut back last year, and losses by major car manufacturers are staggering. France's Peugeot S.A. lost an estimated $33 million in 1980, and BL Ltd. (formerly British Leyland), maker of Triumph and Jaguar, ran $960 million in the red. In fact, BL Ltd.'s very existence depends on its receiving $2 billion in government aid to help pay for development and introduction costs of a new 59 m.p.g. Mini-Metro model...
Tekere, one of the most prominent black nationalists in southern Africa, and seven heavily armed bodyguards were picked up in August, after his blue Jaguar was seen speeding away from a large farming estate outside Salisbury. Only minutes before, Gerald William Adams, 68, a white farm manager, had been gunned down in a daring afternoon raid, while calling for help on his emergency radio. After his arrest, Tekere was held in Chikurubi Prison for a fortnight and released on $75,000 bail. Maximum possible sentence if convicted at his trial: death by hanging...
...joke ended when Tekere, still dressed in battle fatigues, finally hopped into his blue Jaguar and drove to Salisbury's central police station. There, in an unusual closed-door hearing, he was formally charged with murder and held without bail pending trial. Six other men, all from Tekere's personal corps of bodyguards, were also arrested in the case...