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...Dickmobile" hasn't been well received by establishment auto customizers, however. George Barris, who designed the Oscar Mayer Weiner Wagon and the STP Lemon Car, says Paige's car is "nutty." As for his own business. Barris says, "We try to keep our stuff on the socially acceptable level...
When Blake moved into vaudeville in 1902 at the Academy of Music on New York City's 14th Street, he still found vestiges of oppression. "Every night after the show, they backed a wagon up to the stage door on 13th Street and carted us down to Bleecker Street. In those days, the colored artists had to stay in crumb joints. We couldn't even go to the door of a good hotel...
...reads three papers a day, believes that everything can be solved when all the facts are known, and has little patience with men who do not perform. He has little time for small talk and even less for social pretension-he still drives to work in a station wagon and wears shiny California suits. The father of five, Ash once applied his business instincts to a long family vacation in Europe. He told each child to pick a country he was interested in, learn all about it, study the language, make all the hotel and travel arrangements, and describe what...
Fast Pickup. There are a few other drawbacks. The bestselling RX3 five-passenger station wagon is not exactly oversized for its price ($3,700, with automatic shift, air conditioning and radio). Mazda's engine and complex emissions system, though admirably low-polluting, tend to develop a popping effect unless points, plugs and carburetor are meticulously tuned. Nearly all Mazda drivers find that gas consumption is about 10% higher than for comparably sized cars; the Mazda drinks a quart of oil every 1,500 miles. Still, the car has a lot of selling points, including a fast pickup that carries...
...around for a few more years. A point Fisher makes is that many students spend years getting certification they don't need. It would be better to approach employers directly and state their case instead of weasling around graduate schools until they're broke. If graduates would hitch their wagon to a star in the first place we wouldn't have to humor our friends when they think they're carpenters. And if the sky falls in, well, it's fallen in before...