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...frenzy? And why now? The main reason is a hike in global automaking capacity that has already dramatically increased output around the world and will do so for several more years. South Korea is showing that a developing country can build an auto industry almost overnight and quickly crack the American market. Japan, the premier auto exporter of the '80s, is still fighting hard for U.S. market share and is rapidly building up its own American manufacturing capacity, largely in so-called transplant factories that depend heavily on imported Japanese parts. Meanwhile, American auto companies have entered into...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Special Report: the Auto Industry: The Big Three Get in Gear | 11/24/1986 | See Source »

Yale (3-7 overall, 2-5 Ivy) got a terrific performance from tailback Ted Macauley, but his efforts went for nought against the finely-tuned Crimson defense, led by a crack corps of defensive backs...

Author: By Geoffrey Simon, | Title: Gridders Gallivant Past Yale, 24-17 | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

...right if you wish to fester in despair over homework assignments, but not in public. Complaining about work is a lethal pollutant in the Harvard atmosphere. The heinous odor seeps in every crack and crevice of the Harvard ambience, suffocating the unwitting undergraduates who dare to take enough time away from their work to breathe...

Author: By Eric Pulier, | Title: Who Cares? | 11/22/1986 | See Source »

...after a brief delay during which we arranged for a pilot to fly the plane, we jetted off to share the American Way with the crack suicide troops of Iran's Revolutionary Guards...

Author: By Jeffrey J. Wise, | Title: Not Just a Job | 11/18/1986 | See Source »

Scenario 5: During a routine cinderblock inspection, the Quincy House superintendent discovers that four seniors have turned their common room into a synthesizing center for crack. An exhaustive search of the room uncovers chemical apparatus, 80 kilos of cocaine, three "I love Bolivia" t-shirts, and $1.8 million in krugerrands and traveller's checks. What should Harvard do to these four students...

Author: By Cyrus M. Sanai, | Title: The Lords of Discipline | 11/13/1986 | See Source »

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