Six cars sparkled in the showroom, teasing nearby office workers on lunch break.
Pimps, players and private eyes may dominate our memories of that controversial period in American film, but several sweet-natured human-interest stories, notably "Cooley High," "Car Wash" and "Sparkle," were released in the mid-'70s.
The new movie, the first to be directed by Joel Schumacher, whose writing credits include "Sparkle," "Car Wash" and "The Wiz," is a low-key comedy that rambles from one comic idea to the next with the slightly uneasy manner of a nightclub comedian doing a new improvisation.
Things sparkle less, cars lose their glossy finish, trees sway lifelessly, and you are left with a strange shell of the life you once knew.
There's nothing worse than opening an otherwise sparkling clean car to find dirty door shuts ! Do not use Windex or any window cleaner containing ammonia on the inside of color tinted windows, as it will discolor the tint and cause it to peel.
Ann Smith of Waco, Tex., said she was aboard a sparkling clean subway car when another passenger, an out-of-towner, dropped an empty soda cup on the floor.
So far, the subway lines are at less than half capacity -- 120,000 rides, or "boardings," a day even though the subway is quite the bargain: $1.35 (on the honor system -- no turnstiles) for a ride in a sparkling, scratchiti-free car, with roomy seats and color-coded upholstery (red for the Red Line, green for the Green Line).
Like a car show, Connections may be big on sparkle and light on substance but, also like a car show, it seems to work, and therefore has the support of the industry.
Jaguar, which sold 54,200 cars last year, needs some of the sparkle it had during the swinging sixties.Tata has already worked wonders with Jaguar's sister company.
The woman in the car laughed, and Destiny's eyes sparkled.
