Word: yugo
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...insidious and sometimes groundless questioning of Anita Hill two years ago evoked a personal injury lawyer trying to suggest that perhaps the defendant meant to drive his Yugo into the client's oncoming Mack truck...
...unemployed, 1.4 million on ostensibly temporary layoffs and 1.1 million pensioners. Between September and October alone in the two remaining republics of the former Yugoslavia, industrial output dropped one-quarter. Last week the Crvena Zastava industrial works in Kragujevac closed down the assembly lines for the Yugo automobile; the only production unit still functioning makes weapons...
...using the B-2 bomber on such missions would be like driving a Porche to the neighborhood Store 24--a Yugo could do the job just as well for much less money. It might be valuable to research stealth technology, but it would be foolish to spend $60 billion producing an unnecessary machine...
...When the Yugo subcompact was introduced into the U.S. four years ago, its promoters billed it as the next Volkswagen Beetle. But last week Global Motors, importer of the Yugoslav-made car, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The car's initial allure was its low base price, which started at $3,990 in 1985 and is now $4,349. But the car ran into competition from South Korea's Hyundai Excel, which began selling...
Moreover, the Yugo's reputation went downhill because of its bumpy handling and lack of amenities. Sales slumped from 48,532 autos in 1987 to 31,546 last year. Even so, the manufacturer, Zavodi Crvena Zastava, plans to take over its U.S. importer's operations and continue selling...