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...back, the Clinton Administration today announced a deal with General Motors that frees the auto maker from recalling five million pickup trucks alleged to be unsafe in some collisions. In return GM agreed to spend about $50 million in safety and research programs. The move is a 180-degree switch by the government: On October 17, Transportation Secretary Federico Pena issued a scathing attack on GM, saying that the trucks -- made between 1973 and 1987 -- present an unreasonable risk of fire in side-impact collisions since their fuel tanks are mounted outside the vehicle's frame. Today, Pena sang...
...Snowden] and I really just switch off," Rankin said. "Center is pretty much just a name anyway...
Alabama Sen. Richard Shelby's post-election switch from Democrat to winning-team Republican apparently has a price tag. In response to letters from angry Democratic contributors to his 1992 re-election campaign (he received $2.8 million from individuals), the longtime right-leaning senator promised today to refund contributions if the donor requests it. Phone calls won't do, but letters will. "We don't think it will be much," a confident Shelby predicted. "But even if it is, it will be made up by many others." The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee, which gave Shelby $101,156, doesn't want...
...executive producer Michael Piller took control. The show soon hit its stride, with an accomplished cast, better special effects and some of the most imaginative sci-fi writing ever for TV. The series was ended last May, at the height of its popularity, because Paramount wanted to switch it to the big screen exclusively...
Another goal of the task force may have been to encourage employees to switch to their spouse's plan...