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...already moving when he took the CEO job, and within 18 months he acquired Volvo, Land Rover--and a divorce. Then he launched a complete corporate reorganization, in an everlasting quest to keep up Ford's rep as Detroit's best-run car company. "A lot of things came together," says Nasser. "We were a new generation in a new century and an incredible technological and communications revolution in which the consumers had the power. So it was time to make them the driving force...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Rebel Driving Ford | 5/14/2001 | See Source »

...that's how you get the clean lines of the Cheiron sound. When Martin describes the sound - "direct, effective, we don't show off" - you wonder whether he's selling a song or a Volvo. But maybe it's an apt comparison. His pop vehicles aren't the flashiest. But they're quality, and they get singers exactly where they want...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Top of the Pops | 3/19/2001 | See Source »

Love hurts. Especially when your boyfriend's ex-wife drives her Volvo over your foot. That's what actress/singer/rock-icon-widow COURTNEY LOVE alleges in a lawsuit filed last month against Lesley Barber, a Los Angeles woman who was married to Love's current beau, Geffen Records executive JIM BARBER. In the $1.5 million suit, Love claims Barber is "obsessed" with her and has engaged in a "20-month campaign of stalking" and "harassment," blaming the end of her marriage on Love. According to the suit, Barber drove a car straight at Love last June. Love says she jumped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: People: Jan. 15, 2001 | 1/15/2001 | See Source »

...black Volvo station wagon outfitted with flashing blue lights, the interior littered with cans and bits of trash. But its name is Black Shampoo, and it is the pride and joy of Joshua I. Weiner...

Author: By Susan J. Marshall and Kate L. Rakoczy, CONTRIBUTING WRITERSS | Title: Car Crazy: Student car owners say having a vehicle is worth the headaches | 12/1/2000 | See Source »

...election could be settled on the field of honor. A punt, pass and kick contest? Basketball, one on one? Or something a little less wholesome. What about chicken? We could put Gore at the wheel of a 1972 Volvo station wagon and Bush in a 1974 Camaro, and point them toward one another at 130 mph down a long straightaway of the interstate in Miami-Dade. The guy who veers off at the last instant loses the election. It would save a fortune in lawyers' fees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: A Joust for the White House? | 11/29/2000 | See Source »

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