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...seem inclined (or ordered) to develop cars of a certain general type -- determinedly jaunty, self-consciously American. Having proved themselves unsurpassed at manufacturing and mass-marketing reliable, well- engineered cars, the Japanese seem to have descended on Los Angeles specifically to master the improbable art of creating cars that thrill. The most successful California designs have been tough-but-smart, fun-but- practical Middle American vehicles (Toyota's Previa minivan, Nissan's Pathfinder, Isuzu's Trooper and Amigo) or else sports cars that temper the species' inherent sexiness with a certain grownup decorousness (the Celica, the Miata...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Style California Dreamin' | 9/23/1991 | See Source »

...sports nuts also got a rare thrill from the New England Patriots, who last Sunday topped Indianapolis, 16-7, to equal their 1990 win total (one). Don't expect too many more...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: ...Meanwhile In Boston, The Biggest News Was Still the Sox | 9/13/1991 | See Source »

...sports nuts also got a rare thrill from the New England Patriots, who last Sunday topped Indianapolis, 16-7, to equal their 1990 win total (one). Don't expect too many more...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: ...Meanwhile In Boston, The Biggest News Was Still the Sox | 9/11/1991 | See Source »

...work when she arrived at his window to mail a bowling ball and other possessions to her former husband, now living in Wyoming. The prospect of a daughter-in-law who is both a divorcee and the mother of two small children, Agatha and Thomas, does not thrill the elder Bedloes, but a courtship of only a few weeks is followed by a wedding and then, seven months later, the birth of an obviously full-term baby girl. Ian does not believe the child is Danny's; roped into baby-sitting duties so that Lucy can get out once...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Looking for A Second Chance | 9/9/1991 | See Source »

BOOKS How to put the thrill back in the thriller...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Time Magazine Contents Page | 8/19/1991 | See Source »

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