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...seller in its J-class car, sold as a Vauxhall Cavalier in the United Kingdom and as an Opel Vectra in other countries. Rolled out in 1988 to rave reviews for its advanced engines and styling, the Vectra also offers the best fuel efficiency in its class, split-folding rear seats and height-adjustable seat belts. The car can be equipped with an optional 16-valve, four-cylinder engine that even Mercedes engineers have hailed as the best multivalve motor in the world. GM Europe sold 364,000 of the cars last year, up 60% from...
What happened to the domestic cars? In the view of a GM executive now on the European side, Opel chairman Louis Hughes, the rapid pace of change at the U.S. company came at a price. Says he: "We changed all of our cars. We downsized them twice, changed from rear-wheel drive to front-wheel drive, changed all the systems of the company, changed all the factories, then told almost every employee in North America...
...electronic life, the new TV systems are likely to be perceived by consumers as a more gradual -- though inevitable -- improvement. Moreover, the Walkman did not require major home remodeling to work its magic. At the Winter Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas last month, Mitsubishi demonstrated a 120-in. rear-projection TV set that calls for a 6 1/2-ft. space to be cleared out behind a wall before the set can be installed in a home. And not everyone wants his house turned into a videodome. "What happens when you build a house around a TV set," author Fran Lebowitz...
...again, pausing by the speakers to unload her g-string tips. Unlike most of the dancers who had mascaraed eyes and sun-bed glossy skin, Phoenix was slender and pale. I worried about her tendons, wincing when she threw her head towards her knees, snapping into the full rear-view stance...
...accustomed to lavish quarters amply stocked with alcohol and drugs was given a stark 10-ft. by 6-ft. rear room, decorated only with a crucifix. From his spartan quarters Noriega could not see the U.S. soldiers deployed outside on the Avenida Balboa; his only window was opaque. His television set did not work. There was no air conditioning. In Panama's 90 degrees heat, that hardly made for comfort...