Word: rears
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...lives--the platform Bill Clinton ran on in 1996. After a stint at the Federal Trade Commission, Dole served as Secretary of Transportation under Reagan and Secretary of Labor under Bush. She can take some credit for air bags, airline safety measures and the brake light on the rear windshield of cars. She helped push for the first minimum-wage increase in eight years. These are badges that could help her bring independent voters, particularly women, into primaries--and make her a target of conservatives like Forbes...
...many cases, American automakers are left with the tough work of revamping their luxury cars to appeal to young buyers, while maintaining their hold on older ones who never took to European brands the way their children have. Ford recently unveiled its all-new LS8, a rear-wheel-drive, technologically loaded sedan tweaked and tuned by Jaguar. Chrysler, which has scored a connection to boomers with its Jeep Grand Cherokee, last year launched the 300M, a sleek, import-fighting luxury sedan that competes against such other luxury sedans as the BMW 3 Series and Audi A4. "Our cars became boring...
...available in April, includes a dashboard-mounted screen and a shock-resistant DVD player, as well as high-fidelity speakers. Since it costs roughly twice what my old Honda Civic is worth, I won't be buying it. Nor will I be outfitting my wreck with Visteon's Rear-Seat Entertainment Center ($1,300), a system that houses a monitor, a video deck and a Nintendo 64 video-game console. But I suspect a lot of other people will scoop the thing up. Visteon's rig can be purchased through Ford and Lincoln-Mercury dealers starting in April...
...Sparks Street resident reported that between 11 p.m. on Dec. 2 and 7:30 a.m. on Dec. 3 an unknown person entered his house through the rear kitchen window and stole 12 to 14 Christmas gifts, containing clothing, jewelry, games...
...CORVAIR The novel car with its rear-mounted engine is prized by collectors, but its glaring deficiencies helped launch the automotive-safety movement, leading to seat belts, air bags and antilock brakes...