The 1980s saw the Sport-Utility Vehicle (SUV) market continue to grow, spawning some powerful 4x4s with exceptional mud-plugging ability, and some comfort-oriented cars with only limited ability on rough terrain. At the same time, a new niche was discovered, for spacious seven-seat Multi-Purpose Vehicles (MPVs),...
The tragic truth behind a newspaper story...
There was a quiet, lazy quality about Shaker Heights as we drove towards the high school . . . and a solid, comfortable feeling, too, with its pretty, private houses—all with spacious grounds and lovely lawns—and its tree-lined streets. A nice town to live in,...
This month let’s talk about something that’s even more troublesome than love—$ $ $ $...
The bride was radiant when she said “I do.” Ingrid Bergman felt that at last, with Lars Schmidt, she had reached her “Sixth Happiness.” Yet only a short time later . . ....
Nick Adams stood under the sign marked “arrivals” and, fiddling nervously with the cigarette lighter he held in his hand, looked over at the large clock which stood by the gateway. Only one minute before the bus was due. He took a handkerchief from his pocket...
“Sandra, is that you?” His voice came over the telephone, just as deep as it ought to be when you measure six-feet-two from your crewcut to your white bucks. “What time should I pick you up tonight?” I was glad he couldn’t see my face as...
I wrote a note to Debbie asking her if I could see her but I never dreamed she would invite me to visit her and that we two would sit and talk...
Rick is kind of shy, but awfully sweet Just as nice a boy as you’ll ever meet. He likes a picnic or a moonlight ride—Of course with a pretty girl at his side. One minute he’s serious, next he grins, Then laughs out loud when...
My father asked me what was bothering me. I had a room of my own in a big beautiful house in a good neighborhood. I had a car, six sports jackets and a generous allowance. I was going to a good school. My brother was...