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OUT OF NOWHERE; Porsche tuner-builder unveils 235-mph supercar.
Byline: PATRICK C. PATERNIE
Twenty years ago, Alois Ruf came out of nowhere (well, the rural crossroads village of Pfaffenhausen, Germany, is nearly nowhere) with a twin-turbo Porsche 911 rocket ship he called a CTR (Group C Turbo Ruf) to stun a gathering of exotic machinery assembled by Road & Track to determine the "World's Fastest Car.'' The screaming-yellow CTR flew to a top speed of 211 mph, earning it the title and a nickname, Yellow Bird.
Today, Ruf enjoys a much higher profile, as evidenced by a second manufacturing facility just completed adjacent to the Bahrain International Circuit. Besides sharing land with the racetrack, the multistory ...
- Yellow Bird Antiques. (antique gallery)(Company Profile)
- Magazine article from: Sarasota Magazine October 1, 1997 700+ words
...After a very successful year, The Yellow Bird of St. Armands, Inc. just celebrated...it served for 26 years on the key. Yellow Bird is an antique gallery for the sophisticated...every corner of this delightful place. Yellow Bird is also the secret shopping gallery...
- The Yellow Bird.(Poem)
- Magazine article from: The American Poetry Review Abse, Dannie November 1, 2004 700+ words
...not want it the witchcraft song of the yellow bird, nor this room of whisperings as the...closed, a coffin of music. They say the yellow bird in anger can only sing sweetly. Not...are no frontiers, my friend, for the yellow bird. It sang, hovering above the fire...
- 'YELLOW BIRD'S' FLIGHT IS BRIEF BUT INTERESTING.(U)(Review)
- Newspaper article from: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) April 27, 2002 700+ words
Byline: - David Kronke `THE YELLOW BIRD'' is an odd duck. Written and directed...addition to three screenings of ``Yellow Bird,'' the network will present a few...Thomas Crown Affair'' at 8 p.m. THE YELLOW BIRD - Two and one half stars What: Adaptation...
- Yellow Bird
- Reference information from: The Oxford Companion to American Literature James D. Hart and and Phillip W. Leininger January 1, 1995 700+ words
Yellow Bird, pseudonym of John R. Ridge
- In defence of the `big yellow bird'.(News)
- Newspaper article from: The Journal (Newcastle, England) October 21, 2003 700+ words
...by currents off the Farne Islands and started to drift out to sea towards Norway. They were certainly glad to see the big yellow bird when it came to pick them up. "When it's a case of dealing with someone suffering from decompression sickness, getting...
- Ford Splash: It's not your average yellow bird
- Newspaper article from: The Boston Globe John R. White, Globe Staff August 27, 1995 700+ words
It's a lot bigger than abreadbox, canary yellow, very friendly, gets a lot of attention, kids love it, and it's not Big Bird. It's a truck. A bright-bordering-on-gaudy Ford Ranger 4WD Splash Supercab. To call this truck canary yellow could be construed as maligning canaries -- I never saw a canary
- THE NEW CHICK LIT; When New York artist Sloane Tanen added a little yellow bird...
- Newspaper article from: The Mail on Sunday (London, England) March 14, 2004 700+ words
Byline: ADRIAANE PIELOU Before you start reading this, take a look at the Chick picture below, or turn to the inside back page of this magazine, and have a look at what Sloane Tanen does. She may sound more like an expensive brand of luggage than a person ('I really don't know what my mother was
- OneSoft and CTR Form Alliance to Sell and Deliver Fully Integrated E-Commerce...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire August 3, 2000 700+ words
...announced a strategic sales and marketing alliance with CTR Business Systems, Inc. CTR will utilize OneSoft's award-winning software...companies with high-end e-commerce requirements. CTR, Inc., a premier e-business software and services...
