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...biggest surprises for Ford and General Motors was that 35% of Lexus buyers traded in a luxury American car to make their new purchase, something no one, not even Toyota, expected to happen so quickly. While sales of Lincolns and Cadillacs have been strong this year, the quick loyalty switch is worrisome news. "It's already a nightmare for European and American luxury carmakers," says John McElroy, editor in chief of the Detroit trade publication Automotive Industries. "Right out of the box, Lexus made a car that was more technologically advanced than anything it competes with...
...Saudi border. A cheer went up when word reached the Washington Post newsroom last week that she was safe. Through the whole ordeal, the Massachusetts-born Murphy, 43, managed to keep her Yankee sense of thrift. When she telephoned the Post from Riyadh last week, an assistant tried to switch her to foreign editor David Ignatius. Murphy demurred. "This hotel is charging too much. Have David call me back...
Tempers are smoldering across the Soviet Union as irate smokers vent their rage over the country's summer-long tobacco shortage. "No tobacco -- no work!" shouted angry factory workers in Kuibyshev who would rather strike than switch. In the Urals town of Perm, nicotine-starved crowds blocked the main street, and "tobacco riots" have hit other cities...
...summer day on Maple Street. See Dick and Jane play Nintendo. See Mommy and Daddy turn off the switch. Whine, Dick, whine! Pout, Jane, pout...
...loser last week was Prime Minister Nikolai Ryzhkov, whose more conservative scheme for a gradual switch to a market economy -- to be achieved over a period of two years -- was rejected by parliament in June. According to rumors, Ryzhkov was so disappointed at being bypassed on the commission that he refused to sign the document that created...