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Word: taillights (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1972-1972
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...facet of insurance has escaped him. When Denenberg became upset over the difficulty of replacing a taillight on his state-owned Buick Le Sabre, he made the extravagant charge that General Motors designers made cars hard to repair in order to drive up repair costs for the benefit of dealers and parts manufacturers. With that, G.M. sent two executives to Harrisburg to inspect Denenberg's car. (They claimed it had suffered a "rear impact" that complicated repair of the taillight.) Denenberg has called the present system for paying auto-accident claims "a legalized racket," noting that the Pennsylvania state...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: INSURANCE: They Are All Afraid of Herb the Horrible | 7/10/1972 | See Source »

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