Word: minivanning
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...Lebanese Hizballah, on Iranian orders, was trying to establish cells in the U.S., particularly in the Detroit area. But no cell was found. Some terrorist analysts still believe that Iran tried to kill William Rogers, the commander of the U.S.S. Vincennes, when a pipe bomb went off under his minivan in 1989. The Vincennes shot down an Iranian civilian airliner over the Gulf in 1988, and the attack on Rogers was presumably in retaliation. The FBI officially dismisses the Iranian hypotheses. A Hizballah-associated group in North Carolina cheating on cigarette taxes was tried and convicted. Otherwise that...
...says it's for safety - it's harder to deport someone without ID - but, clearly, holding the document gives him power over his clients. From Russia, the Fujianese cross the forested and poorly patrolled Ukrainian and Slovakian borders by foot at night. Then they are stuffed into a minivan - with up to 12 Chinese crouched in the back - for the trip into the Czech Republic...
...When BMW launched new models in China last year, it tried mobile-video ads as well as downloadable screen "wallpaper" and ringtones. "The click-through rates were unbelievable," says BMW marketing manager Alan Yang. "It's the most effective brand-building tool we've tried." To promote its bB minivan in Japan, Toyota offered concert tickets to those who took snapshots of the vehicle with camera phones. For the World Cup, Adidas fielded a game that allowed players to pimp digital sneakers on their handsets...
Nissan entered a new segment with the Titan full-size pickup truck, top, and went for coolness with the Quest minivan. Both models have sold poorly this year and dinged Nissan's reputation for quality and stylish design
Like many other manufacturers attempting a comeback, VW is engineering a revamp that involves both new products and cost cutting. At the Los Angeles auto show in December, the company is expected to unveil a small SUV called the Tiguan, due in 2008. A minivan, to be built in partnership with Chrysler, is also planned for 2008. There's even talk of importing another retro favorite, the Scirocco, which is being revived in Europe. VW aims to double sales in the U.S. over the next five to six years. "If we're going to be a global player, we have...