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The compact SUV Suzuki Samurai gained a reputation in the U.S. market of being an unsafe car and prone to a rollover after Consumer Reports, the magazine arm of Consumers Union, reported that during a 1988 test on the short course avoidance maneuver (Consumer Union Short Course Double Lane Change, or CUSC for short), the Samurai experienced what they deemed as an unacceptable amount of tipover ...
The Imp was featured in the books "The Worst Cars Ever Sold" by Giles Chapman [10] and "Naff Motors: 101 Automotive Lemons" by Tony Davis. [11] It was named among "The Five Worst English Cars of All Time" in a 2012 article on askaprice.com [36] and ranked the 5th worst British car in a 2008 survey of 4,000 motorists by internet magazine ...
The title of the book points at the sharp decline in stock prices following the bankruptcy of the investment bank Lehman Brothers in September, 2008. Meanwhile, its subtitle reveals Stiglitz's conviction that free markets are at the bottom of the crisis, as he makes deregulation responsible for the rise of the shadow banking system, over-leveraged banks and subprime mortgages.
Nissan North America Inc. and Suzuki Motor Corp. announce that a midsize pickup truck (based on Nissan's Frontier) to be sold by Suzuki in North America, will be built at Nissan's plant Smyrna, Tennessee. [158] 2008: GM divests its remaining 3% stake in Suzuki. [159] [160] Equator midsize pickup truck exhibited at the Chicago Auto Show [161] [162]
The book tour included more than 35 stops over two months throughout Canada. [1] Promoted by the publishers as his "final book tour" and labelled by Suzuki as his "thank-you book tour", it began in Victoria, British Columbia, and included stops from coast-to-coast, from Whitehorse, Yukon, to New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. [25]
Released 60 years ago this week, Stanley Kubrick’s 1964 film, “Dr. Strangelove, Or How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,” still resonates today, writes Noah Berlatsky. Although ...
Kazuyuki Asakawa: The book's protagonist, he is a Tokyo newspaper reporter whose reputation was somewhat tarnished in the past in connection with a fad for UFOs and ghosts. He has a wife, Shizuka (the Vertical, Inc. English translation of the novel incorrectly renders her name as Shizu), and daughter, Yoko. [citation needed]
A professor of Pan-African studies at the University of Louisville named Ricky L. Jones recently took to these pages to proclaim that America has “failed” Martin Luther King and his dream for ...