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...first car rolled off the production line, it was clear that De Lorean's dream was stalling, and probably dying. More than 4,000 cars were unsold, and by February the factory was in receivership. In London, angry Members of Parliament were describing the project as a "rip off." Even then De Lorean was saying that the Belfast plant would need $70 million in new capital. The British government balked...
...1980s." the IEA report says. And therein lies the danger, for people and governments will begin once more to neglect the energy issue and ignore pleas for continued conservation. True, gains have been made that will not easily be reversed. No one, for example, is about to rip insulation from walls or trade-in a fuel efficient compact for an oversized gas guzzler. But efforts to find alternative energy sources will diminish and conservation policies in general will take on less urgency...
Nonetheless, in his news conference Reagan denounced "modern-day Rip Van Winkles"who are blocking legislation that is needed to cure the recession, including the balanced-budget amendment. Republicans then rounded up the last 16 of 218 signatures they needed on a "discharge" petition to force the amendment out of the House Judiciary Committee, and Reagan visited the Capitol to ask for a quick floor vote. "The time to act is now," he said. At the same time, his aides were passing word to Republicans to delay the vote if possible. Meanwhile, the White House made little secret...
...film and fiction. The oldest members of the outfit are called Mother and Father; there is a no-obscenity rule, and the favorite pastime is not poker but a demonic version of bridge. The men also share their reading. As Knott, ever the illuminating ironist, puts it, "We rip books apart so we can read them together." It is a subversive recreation. After a discussion of All Quiet on the Western Front, the group considers quitting the war at first opportunity...
...price wars and brisk sales are one bright spot in an otherwise bleak economy. Retail sales have not picked up substantially after the July tax cut. With so much going wrong in business, Americans apparently like to go home after a hard day's work and play a rip-roaring game of Pac-Man or chart their biorhythms on a home computer...