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...carrying Irish Guards to their barracks, killing two civilian bystanders, injuring 22 soldiers and 16 other people on a Chelsea street. A week later, Lieut. General Sir Steuart Pringle, 53, commandant general of the royal marines, put his black Labrador, Bella, in the back seat of his red Volkswagen to take her to the park for a run. As he drove off, a bomb planted under the car exploded; Pringle survived but one of his legs was amputated. On a visit to the hospitalized Chelsea victims, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher condemned the attacks as "cold, callous, brutal and subhuman...
...reason Volkswagen is first in the high-mileage sweepstakes has been its participation in the West German government's Vehicle of the Future research project. Begun in 1978 with the participation of VW, Audi, Daimler-Benz, Porsche and BMW, the program has brought engineering advances in everything from engine design to the use of lightweight plastic in bodies, frames and even in axles. VW has received $7.5 million in government funds and spent another $7.5 million of its own money on the studies. Though Ford and General Motors are independently working on high-mileage cars for the early 1990s...
...Cambridge city fathers will not be satisfied with a rusting Volkswagen, Teso cautions. "What people don't understand is that they're still liable for the tickets...
Detroit executives were obviously pleased with the Reagan decisions. General Motors Chairman Roger Smith called them "a sensible step toward making regulation more cost-effective." Added James W. McLernon, president of Volkswagen of America: "This is a giant step toward restoring the long-term health of the American automotive industry." But Ralph Nader, the father of many of the auto rules, protested bitterly. Said he: "These regulation rollbacks are going to kill a lot of people and ruin the health and environment for others...
...style and symbolism, rather than any deep disagreement between the candidates over issues. Short, balding and a Reagan supporter, Steen liked to drive his own gray Lincoln Continental to campaign stops in the barrio, carrying bread around with him to feed the pigeons. Cisneros drives a battered 1972 Volkswagen and wears well-tailored jackets, which he inevitably sheds when speaking at churchyard gatherings and large rallies...