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...Well, sort of. The VSP is a cozy, even comfortable box on wheels with few frills but normal options like a radio and rear windshield wipers. Generally made of sturdy molded plastic, the body is reinforced by a steel tube frame. The upholstered interior typically features only a few elements, including a dashboard with speedometer, fuel gauge and controls. Adjustable seats and interior heating are still standard. The engines are 1 to 5 h.p., made in Italy or Japan, and have only one forward gear and one reverse. "The technology is pretty simple," says Patrick Escalier, Paris regional director...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Living: Time for The Teeny Tinies? | 12/10/1990 | See Source »

...formerly West Berlin and headed down the fashionable Kurfurstendamm, hitting several cars -- though no people. As the soldier was attempting to return to his garrison, a Soviet sergeant stopped him with a distinctly low-tech ploy: he hopped onto the carrier and threw a blanket over the vehicle's windshield...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: East-West: Beware the Love-Sick Tank | 12/3/1990 | See Source »

...only objectionable experience on my visit to the Mapplethorpe exhibit at the Boston ICA was the piece of red paper stuck on the windshield of my mode of transport that I found upon returning from a three-hour feast of pure visual exhilaration. It seems that in situations like the Mapplethorpe fiasco, everybody has to pay some price...

Author: By Ali F. Zaidi, | Title: Expressions and Impressions | 8/10/1990 | See Source »

Many of the nearly 60 million visitors expected in the 50 national parks this year will be what rangers call "windshield tourists," who rarely leave their cars to enjoy the sights. Those who hope to camp out amid the natural splendors during the summer high season are best advised to book well in advance. Since the early '80s, the National Park Service has sold campsites ($7-$15 a night) in 13 of the most popular parks through the Ticketron reservation service. So great is demand at Yosemite that the 200-plus daily openings, which go on sale eight weeks...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Travel: Take A Number To Take a Hike | 7/23/1990 | See Source »

...bust some nigger heads with my nigger stick"-- the wooden club he kept in the gun rack of his pickup truck. Like nearly every other pickup truck in the South, Joey's truck had Confederate flag vanity plates and a Stars and Bars silk-screened on the back windshield...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Against the Rebel Flag | 4/14/1990 | See Source »

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