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...line of Jeep strollers, set to roll out in March, joins a growing supply of ruggedly designed, off-road transportation for babies, including a stroller for the "rough road" market from Eddie Bauer. The Jeep strollers are the first to be named after an auto brand. "It seemed like a natural fit," says Gail Smith, marketing vice president for Chicago-based Kolcraft Enterprises, which licensed the Jeep name from parent company DaimlerChrysler. "They're geared to handle urban potholes," she notes. How about bumpy hills? "I don't know that you'd want to take a baby up a mountain...
...University of Michigan; first post-World War II black assistant NFL coach and chairman of the Equal Opportunity Employment Commission in the Ford Administration; of cancer; in Southfield, Mich. He was also the NFL's first black broadcaster and one of the first blacks to head a major auto plant--for Chrysler...
...minds of the 30 young men who turn up every week on Reiji's doorstep begging for jobs. Working as a male host still carries seedy connotations, but the recession has led them to seek out unusual career paths. Katsumasa Tanaka, 26, was a salaried worker at an auto-parts company in Osaka until earlier this year. The slender six-footer with Chiclet teeth came to Tokyo with dreams of singing and acting. After auditioning for a role in a movie about male hosts, he decided he could be one himself. Though top hosts can earn well into six figures...
...Open/Close. Unfortunately, these cannot be controlled except by getting up and walking over to the box. This can get frustrating with games where screwing up means having to start the whole session over, and also makes it easier to forget to turn the unit off. There is no auto-turnoff function - a real oversight...
...September Labor Day and religious observances such as Yom Kippur bring the fall into focus. Shop for sports goods and hunting equipment, children's shoes, fall fashion accessories, auto batteries, radios, dishwashers and glassware...