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...social than most Americans. They tend to like fine restaurants a lot more than off-road driving, seldom go to church and have limited interest in volunteer work." But Bradsher admits SUV buyers don't necessarily have all those traits; they are just more likely to have them than minivan owners. Last week Kelley Blue Book, an auto-information company, released a survey of new-vehicle buyers who had visited its website; respondents said the No. 1 attribute of SUV drivers is that they are "family oriented," not self-oriented...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The SUV Is All The Rage | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...this for a product lineup: sensors for cutting-edge military drone aircraft, minivan-size airport baggage scanners, lifelike human dummies that breathe and bleed? If it sounds like a grab bag, that just goes to show how rapidly the defense business is changing. And the best model for a post-9/11, homeland-security-era defense firm may be L-3 Communications, which makes each of these unique high-tech devices...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Best Defense | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...Quality Company, is exporting a VIP tuk tuk to Egypt and Europe, mainly for use at resorts. It costs $4,750, almost double the price of the basic model and boasts a slick, aerodynamic look, a cleaner-running four-stroke LPG-burning engine, and could almost pass for a minivan except that it has three wheels...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Hell on (Three) Wheels | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

...were set off by a remote-controlled device, most likely a mobile phone. But TIME has learned that investigators now believe both explosions were probably set off by suicide bombers. Sources familiar with the investigation say the main bomb?up to 100 kilos of explosives packed into a Mitsubishi minivan?was most likely detonated by a suicide bomber who was inside the vehicle...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Suicidal Terror | 2/10/2003 | See Source »

Behind the wheel of the family's beige Windstar minivan, Rowley is the first to admit, she is an aggressive driver, passing slower-moving cars on a two-lane highway at every chance. It's hard to tell her exact speed, since the speedometer is broken. The needle swings between 70 and 100 m.p.h., even when she's braking. Every now and then, Rowley pounds the dashboard above the gauges. "This is what Ross does," she says with a shrug...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Coleen Rowley: The Special Agent | 12/30/2002 | See Source »

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