Word: superbug
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Horsepower, that is. Always a top competitor in its class, Porsche in past years was known as the Volkswagen of sports cars-a small, sturdy "superbug" that made up in precision performance what it lacked in muscle. In the past two years, however, Porsche debuted two models designed to mix it up with the big boys. Last year the Porsche 908, with a larger 3-liter engine and 380 h.p., proved that it could more than hold its own when it won the World Manufacturers' Championship, losing only three of the ten races on the circuit. The most disappointing...
...Eaters. The 100,000,000-year-old cockroach, which outlived the dinosaur and many other prehuman contemporaries, has evolved into a superbug of almost incredible staying power. Its hard, slippery body is hard to grasp; its flat torso permits it to squeeze into the smallest cracks; its nimble legs give it unparalleled speed and shiftiness; its skin is so sensitive to light that even when blinded it infallibly finds a dark place to hide in. It can get along on so little oxygen that it lives for hours after its breathing tubes have been sealed; it is the only known...