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...Ford is clearly trying to pin the damage on Firestone, and vice versa. But a five-month investigation by TIME of Ford documents, which the company prepared for investigators and government lawyers, shows Ford's engineers were wrestling with the stability and handling of the Explorer even before it hit the market in 1990-as a sibling for the notorious bucking Bronco II, which cost the company approximately $2.4 billion in damage settlements. Previously undisclosed memos and e-mails show the extent to which the engineers were juggling decisions about the Explorer's suspension systems, tire pressure, weight and steering...
...long list of favorable reviews gathered on her website, SUSANNAH MCCORKLE included this one: "'She sings in tune.'--her dentist, New York City." This was pure Susannah, looking for the joke behind the self-seriousness, the pin in the balloon of pretension. Years before she was a performer, she was a writer (one early piece of fiction was included in Prize Stories 1975: The O. Henry Awards), and becoming a singer was, she once told me, merely the result of "thinking it was a really cool thing to do." Few of us will ever chase a dream so fruitfully...
...significant amount of clout in Florida, calling in all bets early does not leave him with much for the future. Sure, Bush is on track to accomplish his early goals, but he can’t avoid stalling after that. Democrats will simply freeze up if Bush continues to pin the tail on the donkey, and Republicans will also start to break away when they realize that America is not, and never has been, pro-arsenic. If yesterday’s move by James Jeffords (R-Vt.—um, I mean I-Vt.) is any indication, the trend...
...Remember, this is the first time since the 1950s they?ve had unified control over the executive and legislative branches, and now that control is gone. At this point the party is engaged in what?s called the great "Who lost China" debate - trying to figure out where to pin the blame for the Jeffords loss...
...than he had. Kerrey's sister Jessie Rasmussen says he was still struggling with a decision as the family gathered in Washington for the ceremony. But on May 14, 1970, just 10 days after National Guardsmen shot and killed antiwar protesters at Kent State University, Kerrey allowed Nixon to pin the country's highest military honor on his chest...