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PARTS IS PARTS? In the wake of last week's verdicts against State Farm, totaling $1.2 billion, the insurance company is temporarily suspending its policy of requiring body shops to repair cars by using generic bumpers, hoods and fenders. The no-names are cheaper but could end up costing more down the road. When Consumer Reports conducted 5-m.p.h. crash tests on a Taurus, the Ford-made bumper suffered minor damage that cost $235 to repair. A generic bumper shattered, causing $1,350 in damages. Until last week, State Farm made consumers pay the difference if they insisted on using...
...With potentially critical problems ranging from infrastructure and corruption to separatist movements and religious activities outside of its control, the government is constantly trying to repair parts of the system that are breaking down," says Dowell. "But it's an extremely difficult system to maintain...
...Auburn Cemetery (580 Mt. Auburn St., across from Star Market; 547-7105 for directions; 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.) where acres of peaceful nooks and quiet crannies await. It's a.m.erica's oldest garden cemetery. 10 miles of tree-lined roads and cool birdwatching spots encourage reflection and spiritual repair...
Like a motorist picking up his car from the repair shop, the two Marine pilots expected their Bell AH-1 Cobra to be running smoothly when they went to retrieve it. After all, the two-man gunship had been in the Fort Worth, Texas, factory nearly a year for a $1.8 million overhaul. But Major Michael Browne and 1st Lieut. Robert Straw found enough problems with the chopper to delay their departure a day. Then, 20 minutes after they took off in the late afternoon of May 23, 1997, they were killed when their aircraft plunged into a field...
Holbrooke may be more successful in persuading European countries to step up their aid to Kosovo, including some of the promised donations that have not yet arrived. Scores of villages have received no help, hundreds of factories sit idle, and more than 70,000 roofs need repair. "The clock," says a European aid official, "is ticking faster than we can move." And with Pristina's air already carrying a hint of winter nip, it is clear there won't be much room for error. Between sessions with U.N. workers, Holbrooke planned to drop in for a visit at Tricky Dick...