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Ordinarily, Volkswagen might be able to argue that Jones received a rare lemon. But in the latest survey of three-year depend-ability by J.D. Power & Associates, American consumers ranked VW-brand cars 34th, ahead of only Suzuki, Daewoo, Land Rover and Kia. Consumer Reports, which recommended three VW models in the late 1990s, keeps only the pricey Passat on its list of recommended cars. That's quite a tumble for the Volkswagen Group, Europe's largest automaker, which turns out 5 million units a year under brands including Audi, Bugatti, Seat and Skoda...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Pitch to the Rich | 11/24/2003 | See Source »

...would severely limit the number of students available to represent prisoners,” said Kia Sears, one of PLAP’s executive student directors. “The largest population in PLAP is the first-year class. After that, there’s other opportunities to get practical experience, and there’s more out there to choose from...

Author: By Leon Neyfakh, CONTRIBUTING WRITER | Title: Student Legal Aid to Prisoners Threatened | 11/20/2003 | See Source »

...hungover workers. But that's a tough case to make these days. In the latest survey of three-year dependability by J.D. Power and Associates, an automotive consulting firm, American consumers ranked VW-brand cars fifth from last (of 37 nameplates), ahead of only Suzuki, Daewoo, Land Rover and Kia. The influential independent magazine Consumer Reports, which recommended three VW models in the late 1990s, now only keeps the Passat on its list of recommended cars. That's quite a tumble for Europe's largest automaker, which employs 332,800 people worldwide and manufactures some 5 million units a year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Revving Up Volkswagen | 11/2/2003 | See Source »

...first American to die in the conflict. The contrast between the two Americans struck Perez. "It was tough to look at Walker, knowing he is an American and fighting for the other side and that he was the reason Mike Spann--a great American--was a KIA...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Soldier: Sudden Warrior | 9/9/2002 | See Source »

...Qaeda military-operations chief suspected of planning the Sept. 11 attacks, who was killed in a mid-November air strike. Two other high-ranking al-Qaeda lieutenants, Egyptians Fahmi Nasr (also known as Mohammed Salah) and Tariq Anwar, senior leaders of Egyptian Islamic Jihad, have also been marked KIA. The top commander of an al-Qaeda ally, the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, has reportedly been eliminated as well. But in some ways, Pentagon officials are even more eager to interrogate those taken alive. Defense Department officers have heard that Taliban intelligence chief Qari Ahmadullah is either in Northern Alliance custody...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hunting Osama | 12/10/2001 | See Source »

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