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...little guy. Oh, sure. I had these memories as a kid in the 1980s of the car being panned by everyone, but I didn't approach this book just to make fun of the car. I like little cars. I really didn't pan the car. I've read a couple reviews that say, "Vuic doesn't lay off the Yugo." But I'm not really calling it anything. I'm trying to examine why Americans have made it such an icon for failure. I wanted to understand why we hate this car so much, even though most Americans have...
...press will jump on board. The Nano will shoot up briefly, people will be in line, and then Consumer Reports will review it. And it's going to get the reviews you'd expect: it has one windshield wiper, its door panels are glued on from what I've read, it has tires the size of pizzas, its seats are bolted to the floor, O.K.? You're looking at a car that costs $2,500 and uses dated technology...
...stimulus plan and his performance as recession-racked Florida's chief executive, have come under withering assault from GOP loyalists. Rubio tops most surveys now by double digits; in one released last month by Republican pollster Tony Fabrizzio, he leads Crist 52% to 27% among self-identified Florida conservatives. (Read about the top 10 GOP congressional contenders, including Rubio...
...Democracy Against Dictatorship (UDD), and called the red shirts for their garb and flags, also contain groups who oppose military intervention in politics, some members of the business élite who benefited under Thaksin's rule and some republicans who want an end to Thailand's constitutional monarchy. (Read a Q&A with Thaksin...
...about the private life of the man who wrote The Emperor. That's unnecessary and it pushes the book into the gutter." Says another writer, Andrzej Stasiuk, in defense of Kapuscinski: "Would we care about the truth if it was served up in a dull, pretentious way? I read Kapuscinski for the pleasure of reading Kapuscinski. I read his works for the sentences, paragraphs, fragments, the history he creates by pulling together details, second-long observations, crumbs. But is this the truth? I don't care...