For Britain's motor industry, that would stand nothing on its head.

ECONOMIST: MG Rover

Some of Simpson's whirligigs stand as high as 50 feet and are constructed from recycled HVAC parts including motor fans and cotton spindles.

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The one-joke-for-all-people theory is the reason why Mr Izzard, who came to the fore as a motor-mouthed transvestite, thought he could play Bruce, the fast-talking, short-lived, stand-up comedian who became famous in the early 1960s for saying the unsayable.

ECONOMIST: Eddie Izzard

According to a survey by market researcher Brandimensions, consumers saw the sweetheart terms from General Motors, Ford Motor and, to a lesser extent, DaimlerChrysler, as signs that their cars weren't good enough to stand on their own.

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