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...Ford Explorer became one of the best-selling vehicles of the decade. Normally an American success would be quickly challenged by foreign competitors, but SUVs were protected. In 1964 the U.S. had placed a 25% tariff on foreign light trucks in retaliation for a European tariff on U.S. chicken. The tariff still exists, but foreign manufacturers evade it by building light trucks at U.S. plants or in Canada and then importing them under the North American Free Trade Agreement. That's why BMW, Honda, Porsche a* And Toyota make SUVs, as will Volkswagen, beginning later this year...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Why The SUV Is All The Rage | 2/24/2003 | See Source »

...Anderle ’06 stands out in a crowd. On a good day, he tops off at 6’11”, and, as his brunch choices indicate, it takes a lot of food to keep a body that size running. At final count, it was four chicken breast filets, and about as many eggs as those chicken produced in a month...

Author: By Kaija-leena Romero, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Legacy: The Recruit | 2/20/2003 | See Source »

Humor me for a moment. We’d lose beautiful Harvard Yard, the amusing rivalry with Yale, popcorn chicken in the dining halls and a host of other things that we have come to love about this place. But we’d get singles. Lots of them. Think about it-that microscopic room you stared at when you first moved in, fearing it would never fit your life within its confines. Then you realized that not only would your 10’x10’ cell have to, but it would need to fit your roommate?...

Author: By Laura L. Krug, | Title: Living in a Shoe Box (For Two) | 2/18/2003 | See Source »

RIVERS AND TIDES. A documentary about erosion may sound as appetizing as a plate piled high with General Wong’s Chicken, but filmmaker Thomas Riedelsheimer has apparently met the challenge and created an erosion movie worth seeing. Rivers and Tides tracks artist Andy Goldsworthy, a Scottish sculptor of what he dubs “earthworks,” organic creations positioned in a fashion and location that leaves them vulnerable to the elements. Works of stone, ice and wood are placed on land or in the sea in such a way that they are beaten into uselessness...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: Happening: Listings for Feb. 14 to 20 | 2/14/2003 | See Source »

Nearly done with his cashew chicken, Venu returns to the salient topic of the evening: random hookups...

Author: By Ishani Ganguli and Maria S. Pedroza, CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS | Title: The Blind Leading the Blind | 2/13/2003 | See Source »

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