Word: rodding
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...billion in the past fiscal year, battered by a lingering scandal over vehicle defects, and U.S. sales plummeted one-third this year amid questions about whether Mitsubishi would vacate North America. That seems less likely now, especially if the Eclipse sparks a revival. The nameplate is a hot-rod icon; prior models were prized for their turbocharged engines and bargain prices. The new edition, featuring a throaty V-6, scraps the turbo but still races to 60 m.p.h. in under 7 sec., for a base price of $24,300. Eyeing our test car in North Adams, Mass., a tattooed teen...
...DIED. JOHN BALDRY, 64, British blues-rock singer who influenced some of the biggest names in British music, from Mick Jagger to Rod Stewart to Elton John; of a severe chest infection; in Vancouver, British Columbia. Nicknamed Long John because of his 2-m. height, Baldry recruited some of rock's future stars early in their careers to play in his backing bands, inspiring them with his dedication and music. (Elton John, born Reginald Dwight, even chose his surname in honor of Baldry.) He recorded more than 40 albums and also had a successful voiceover career, receiving a 1998 Grammy...
...noting that "we did not need to use a secret military tribunal, detain the defendant indefinitely as an enemy combatant or deny [him] the right to counsel." Died. John Baldry, 64, British blues-rock singer who influenced some of the biggest names in British music, from Mick Jagger to Rod Stewart to Elton John; of a severe chest infection; in Vancouver. Nicknamed Long John because of his 2-m height, Baldry recruited some of rock's future stars early in their careers to play in his backing bands, inspiring them with his dedication and music (Elton John, born Reginald Dwight...
...universities are protesting the Sudanese government's apparent complicity by divesting from companies that do business there. Acting New Jersey Governor Richard Codey said he will sign a bill passed last week doing just that, making his state the first to carry out such a tactic. Illinois Governor Rod Blagojevich last month approved a similar bill, which will take effect in January and also forbids the state to place public money in banks that deal with foreign companies operating in Sudan. (It is illegal for U.S. firms to do work in Sudan.) The two laws will affect an estimated...
...calls for broad reforms may arouse strong opposition. Some observers were particularly wary of the provision to relax laws to allow mergers of rival firms in distressed industries. Said Joe Sims, a Washington, D.C., antitrust attorney who represents large industrial companies: "It's got to be a real lightning rod. It's going to attract a lot of controversy and criticism...