Word: plusher
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Dates: during 2005-2005
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...first the Lexus RX 400h looks like another road-hogging sport-utility vehicle?albeit one that's plusher than typical models. But because it draws power from two electric motors?in addition to a regular gas engine?the 400h is one of the most fuel-efficient SUVs. No wonder U.S. buyers have placed some 12,000 preorders for the car, which hits showrooms this month. TIME took a production model for a test drive to find out what all the buzz is about. ?By Anita Hamilton...
...first the Lexus RX 400h looks like another road-hogging sport-utility vehicle--albeit one that's plusher than typical models. But because it draws power from two electric motors--in addition to a regular gas engine--the 400h is one of the most fuel-efficient SUVs. No wonder buyers have placed some 12,000 preorders for the car, which hits showrooms this month. TIME took a production model for a test drive to find out what all the buzz is about. --By Anita Hamilton...
...under way in the hotel industry, with one chain after another firing shots to claim the title for the industry's most comfortable bed. The latest challenger: Marriott International, which announced last month that it was spending $190 million to replace 628,000 beds in 2,400 hotels with plusher mattresses and 300-thread-count sheets. "It's the biggest makeover in the history of the industry," says J.W. Marriott Jr., chairman and CEO, who (with his sons, below) donned flannel jammies for the announcement. The mattress war began five years ago, when Westin launched the "Heavenly Bed," a pillow...