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...Wilderness tires produced at all Firestone factories. Many of the accidents occurred in hot regions, such as Florida and Texas and the Middle East. And no one denies that SUVs roll over more frequently than traditional autos. One reason: until recently most SUVs were built on pickup-truck bodies, which ride higher off the ground, raising the center of gravity...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Inside the Ford/Firestone Fight | 5/29/2001 | See Source »

...higher, he figures it's payback for all those insufferable, phony-rich, new-economy yuppies in their view-blocking, death-dealing, friend-of-OPEC SUVs. "Gas will probably go to $3, and I applaud it," says the retired computer-company executive as he fills the tank of his light pickup truck at a station in Los Angeles. "I'd like to see all gas guzzlers off the road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Struggle | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...awful but Jordan-run Washington Wizards. Barkley proudly claims that he has lost 45 lbs. since beginning sessions with a personal trainer in January and is down to a positively Rubenesque 292. He adds that Jordan has trimmed down by 25 lbs. and "looked great" playing in a pickup game last week. Juanita was surely thrilled...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: May 21, 2001 | 5/21/2001 | See Source »

...higher, he figures it's payback for all those insufferable, phony-rich, new-economy yuppies in their view-blocking, death-dealing, friend-of-OPEC SUVs. "Gas will probably go to $3, and I applaud it," says the retired computer-company executive as he fills the tank of his light pickup truck at a station in Los Angeles. "I'd like to see all gas guzzlers off the road...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Power Struggle | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...quiet part of the country during a quiet time of year. I stop the car in the middle of a main street, just to see if anything will happen. Sixty seconds - nothing. Two minutes - nothing. Five minutes - nothing. Finally, after I don't know how long, a lone pickup truck comes up the road. I watch in the rearview mirror as he approaches, and casually drives past me, giving me a mildly quizzical look, and keeps going on down around the road. I contrast this with the instant fusillade of honking, yelling, fist-waving and litigation that a microsecond...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Fool on the Hill | 5/10/2001 | See Source »

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