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Well, why not? One truck model--Ford's F-Series pickup, the best-selling vehicle in the U.S. last year--sold more units than any of GM's seven divisions except Chevrolet. GM's truck-transmission plant in Toledo, Ohio, has operated every hour of every day for the past five years, and industry experts calculate that if GM could add two more truck plants, it could sell 450,000 more units a year, for an added profit of $3 billion...
Four days after a witness said he saw nine-year-old Amber Hagerman being seized screaming from her bicycle by a stranger in a black pickup truck, a man walking his dog found the child's nude, lifeless body floating in a nearby creek, her throat cut. Police in Arlington, Texas, are investigating all leads...
...comparatively minor infraction: "The recalls are aimed at GM's Northstar Engines, which everyone views as the gemstones of GM technology and possibly the best V-8 engines made in the world. They are available only in the priciest Cadillacs. Unlike the controversial gas tanks exploding in truck pickup collisions a few years ago, no deaths, personal injuries or threats to national security seem to be involved, just some emission violations...
...sure, there has been a handful of apparently politically motivated assassinations--the most recent on Oct. 3, when General Max Mayard, who served in the government of coupmaker General Raoul Cedras, was killed by a group of men who opened fire at him from a pickup truck. And the country is still beset by a host of economic, political and security problems. But overall, Haiti is enjoying a rare bout of freedom, political stability and economic rebuilding. Much of the credit goes, surprisingly, to the once and present chief executive, who since his triumphant restoration last Oct. 15 has managed...
...evening with one drink in his hand. He told us of the clever t-shirt that freshmen in Massachusetts Hall had once designed: "The President Works Under Us." We laughed pleasantly. By the time he had had a few more Tanqueray and tonics, he was describing his favorite pickup lines on women in Guadeloupe, penile implants and how he had once offered his rear-end to a man. It's amazing how lively people become, well-watered. So the prize for best welcome back party must go to this renowned Back Bay couple, who manage to bring the world...