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...only other option that Sullivan ex- pressed was for community groups such as the defense fund to continue fo be "a squeaky wheel" to get attention from Cambridge officials...

Author: By Catherine L. Schmidt, | Title: Citizens Consider Look of the Square | 12/5/1983 | See Source »

...TAC3, and features that make them sound like K.I.T.T., the computerized car that is a star of the TV show Knight Rider. They warn a driver when he is too close to the car in front of him or on the verge of falling asleep at the wheel. They understand a command to go faster, and computers under their dashboards plot the car's exact location. They can move sideways, crablike, to park and have memories to recall seating and mirror positions...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tokyo's Wonder Cars | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...roof pillars and windshield wipers hidden under a sliding shutter. The doors tilt and glide out. It also has a voice-command system similar to Nissan's. At low speeds, half the engine shuts down to conserve fuel. Toyota was also showing off the TAC3, a sporty, four-wheel-drive car in which the driver sits in the middle, with passengers behind...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tokyo's Wonder Cars | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

Perhaps the most intriguing car at the show was the MX-02, Mazda's prototype family car of the 1990s. When the driver punches in the right combination, the door opens, and the seat, mirrors and steering wheel automatically adjust to his preprogrammed requirements. The car also has a four-wheel steering system that will move the computer-controlled rear wheels sideways for easy parking and allow for more comfort in cornering...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Tokyo's Wonder Cars | 11/14/1983 | See Source »

...downpour, Fischbein apparently mistook a poorly marked towpath for the restaurant parking-lot exit. His rented station wagon tumbled some 15 feet into the water-and mud-filled Delaware Canal, coming to rest upside down. When the car was discovered four hours later, Fischbein was still strapped behind the wheel, and Savitch, along with her pet Siberian husky, lay in the back seat, drowned...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Milestones: Nov. 7, 1983 | 11/7/1983 | See Source »

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