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JUST SAY, "Yes, Sir!''; Meet the Genesis XXX, world's largest production SUV.(News)
Byline: WILLIAM JEANES
just when Arianna Huffington thought it was safe to go out, here comes a long, tall Texan with an SUV the size of Delaware. It's called the Genesis XXX, and it will drive the Sierra Club to the Jim Jones Tropical Party Drinks recipe book. Working from a hangar-size steel building in Dallas, entrepreneur George Hull, who owns a chain of Texas gravel pits, has created the biggest SUV most of us will ever see.
"I just got sick and tired of all the bitching about big sport/utes,'' Hull says. "All that foolishness about `What would Jesus drive?' finally pushed me over the edge.'' The basis for Hull's choice of the Genesis name, we should point out, predates Christ's opportunity to choose a vehicle of any kind. It derives from the Old Testament biblical verse "There were giants in the earth in those days'' (Genesis 6:4). In this instance, the giant is not in the earth but on Interstate 10 and filling up your rearview mirror. It is closer than it may appear; Hull intends to begin building two Genesis XXXs per month, beginning in time, he says, "for the Christmas buying season.
"I was first going to call it Bigfoot,'' Hull said, "but some stadium racer or somebody had that one copyrighted, if you can believe that.'' Hull's chief engineer Stub Newell told us that Sasquatch, Leviathan and Titanic were among Hull's early choices for a name.
Titanic? Newell's eye-twinkling reply was, "That thing killed 1500 people, and we couldn't begin to top that kind of a reputation.'' So Genesis XXX it is. The triple-X, just so you know, is there to remind the six-foot-four Hull of his football days at Texas A&M.
"I played tackle, so I'm the middle X,'' Hull explained. "The one on the left is for my good buddy, Bobby Lee, who played guard. The other X is for Joe Don Looney.'' Reminded that Joe Don Looney was a University of Oklahoma running back and not an Aggie lineman, Hull laughed uproariously.
"I know that. I never even met Joe Don Looney. But just tell me that Joe Don Looney ain't the greatest name in football history.'' The 250-pound Hull laughed so hard that tears coursed down his leathery cheeks. And we had to admit he had us there.
- 2004 Genesis xxx.(News)
- Magazine article from: AutoWeek August 18, 2003 700+ words
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- Hull's shot haunts Hawks
- Newspaper article from: Chicago Sun-Times Mike Perricone April 9, 1988 700+ words
...happen this weekend: A playoff goal by Hull at the Stadium. "I'm not giving any thought to it," Brett Hull said. "I'm just going to go in there...it won't make the Black Hawks happy. Hull scored three goals as the St. Louis Blues...
- Hull not deterred by low vote total
- Newspaper article from: Barrington Courier-Review (IL) ANDIS ROBEZNIEKS March 28, 1996 700+ words
Palatine resident Betty Hull received only 75 votes as a write-in...incumbent Republican Philip M. Crane. Hull, an English professor at Harper College...candidate Daniel Druck of Algonquin for Hull's low vote total. The party sent a...
- Hull talk not an issue on either side.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Cotsonika, Nicholas J. December 8, 2002 700+ words
...Cotsonika DETROIT _ No matter what Mike Modano says or what clauses Brett Hull has in his contract, the bottom line is that the Red Wings want Hull back next season, Hull is happy in Detroit, and Hull appears much more likely to stay than to leave...
- Hulls' home had history of violence: Police confirm murder-suicide ended...
- Newspaper article from: Brownsville Herald (Brownsville, TX) March 3, 2007 700+ words
...to the home again after the Hulls began a fight. During this incident, Edward Hull was arrested on a Class A misdemeanor...he said. Police believe the Hulls separated shortly after and...protective order against Edward Hull following the arrest. That...
- Hull, like father, shoots the puck and shoots from the hip.
- Newspaper article from: The Philadelphia Inquirer (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service) December 19, 2003 700+ words
...did both. When Calgary traded Brett Hull to the St. Louis Blues that March, Fletcher...score goals," the GM said. On Dec. 8, Hull became the third-most-prolific goal...achievement all the more overwhelming for Hull. "Just to be there, behind Wayne Gretzky...
- Hull became casualty of new NHL environment.(Sports)(On hockey)
- Newspaper article from: Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL) October 18, 2005 700+ words
...VANCOUVER, British Columbia - For years Brett Hull campaigned publicly for a better NHL...down the ice. Now that many of the rules Hull envisioned are in place and the game is...won't be around to enjoy the benefits. Hull retired Saturday at age 41 because he couldn...
- Hull makes noise on, off the ice.(The Dallas Morning News)
- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Carlton, Chuck December 27, 2000 700+ words
DALLAS _ Few really expected Brett Hull to come to the Stars as an unrestricted...happen next. In less than three seasons, Hull has complained about defensive play in...seem to have discovered a pattern. With Hull, what you hear is what you get. What...