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CHICAGO. The potential revival of the Hollywood musical is upon us with Chicago—for better or worse. Ignoring its politicized ramifications as a genre revival, Chicago on its own is a pretty wild ride, showcasing once and for all that the new school of glitzy film stars can sing better than Jennifer Lopez. Catherine Zeta-Jones, Renee Zellweger, and especially John C. Reilly are surprisingly watchable in this furiously edited, expensive adaptation of the murderous Broadway classic. Die-hard Bob Fosse fans may leave screaming in disgust, but fortunately for the rest of us director Rob Marshall knows...
...with a car. That's one reason SUVs generally have lower death rates than small cars. But that protection comes at a cost to the half of U.S. drivers who don't have trucks or SUVs. Because they are so much heavier and higher off the ground, SUVs can ride atop cars when they collide, crushing the smaller vehicles. Last week automakers and a safety group met in Washington to address this issue, known as "crash compatibility." It's a daunting problem: nhtsa research has shown that if a car rams another car on the driver side, the driver...
...among a minority of SUV buyers to crossovers probably reflects a simple shift in priorities during lean, uncertain times: we want fuel economy and safety wrapped in SUV trimmings. Says Shosteck: "The market is showing that consumers want more of the attributes of an SUV, with the handling and ride and the comfort of a passenger sedan...
...elegy: halflings like the crossovers will never tickle the desire to pilot something enormous and fearless. Maybe it's only a matter of time before the massive SUV rigs go the way of three-martini lunches, cigarettes and, one fears, Big Macs. But it's been a glorious ride. --With reporting by Melissa August and Eric Roston/Washington, Sean Gregory/New York, Alison Onianwa/Fort Lauderdale, Adam Pitluk/Dallas, Jeffrey Ressner/Los Angeles and Joseph R. Szczesny/Detroit
After failing to ride Kanga Roddy to riches, Wang paid an undisclosed sum in late 2001 to Dutch conglomerate Philips. He bought an operation that designs mobile-phone handsets and other components and has about 65 employees in Vancouver and Dallas. China's media hailed Holley as the next Haier, the Chinese appliance giant with a factory in South Carolina. But Holley is no Haier. Only a handful of small customers have signed recent deals, and a former manager at the Vancouver office says Holley doesn't have the resources to develop next-generation technology. (A Holley spokesman says...