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...Died. Bob Hope, 100, legendary comedian known for one-liners and gigs before countless American GIs in combat zones from Italy to the Middle East; in Toluca Lake, California. Performing for troops in 1990 during Operation Desert Shield, Hope compared his career to the capabilities of the Stealth bomber. "It flies in undetected, bombs, then flies away. Hell, I've been doing that all my life...
...dead fish. Buying a ticket to see or play with a captive dolphin is what increases the demand for their capture and subsequently their death. And don't get me started about the people who hop on them for a ride around a pool! MARY KRUGER Toluca Lake, Calif...
...auto-industry axiom that the problem is not selling 'em, it's making 'em. The PT Cruiser is assembled in Toluca, Mexico, where about half the car parts, including the engine, are made. The Mexican plant has an eventual capacity of 180,000 cars but will only make 120,000 this year...
...helps, if you're a holistic vet, to be sensitive to your clients' needs and to deliver whatever level of New Age exoticism they're comfortable with. Although veterinarian John Limehouse of Toluca Lake, Calif., is partial to traditional Chinese and homeopathic treatments, he tends to diagnose and describe his patients' symptoms in familiar Western terms. Sometimes it's easier to tell an owner that a dog has irritable bowel syndrome, he says, than to invoke the Chinese concept of "life force" and explain that an animal has a "deficiency...
...strikes against further actions. Most industry analysts agree that GM needs to shrink its inflated bureaucracy and underutilized capacity. But is the company quietly crafting another strategy? Some GM sources suggest so. Plans to expand the Texas production site and relocate an engine plant from Moraine, Ohio, to Toluca, Mexico, indicate that GM may be planning to head for the friendlier, less unionized climes south of the border. The advantages include lower wage costs and relief from fuel- economy regulations. But amid the automaker's current "Buy American" campaign, there is the ironic prospect of some General Motors products eventually...