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Ralph Nader: Unsafe At Any Speed
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In 1965 Nader published Unsafe at Any Speed, criticizing the safety of General Motors' automobiles. Buoyed by the popularity of similar campaigns, Nader ran for President in 2000. But he only received 2.74% of the popular vote. Nader has threatened to run for president in 2008 if Hillary Clinton, or an SUV, wins the primary.
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In 1965, Nader published his book, Unsafe at Any Speed: The Designed-in Dangers of the American Automobile. As a result of the book, Nader became a celebrity and launched his career as a activist in the cause of product safety.
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From the late 1970s through the early 1990s, Nader's public image faded from his Unsafe at Any Speed heyday. But by 1988, he successfully campaigned to roll back California car insurance rates, then ignited public opinion to block a proposed 50 percent pay hike for members of Congress.
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Nader's book "Unsafe at Any Speed," on the deficiencies of American automobiles, catapulted him to national fame in 1965. Since then, he has authored several more books, founded dozens of consumer-interest organizations, run for president three times, hosted "Saturday Night Live," appeared on "Sesame Street" and was a character on "The Simpsons."
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Nader burst onto the public scene in 1965 with a book condemning the auto industry for its failure to enact safety measures. "Unsafe at Any Speed" was the culmination of years of research begun at Harvard Law School, continued at a small law practice in Connecticut, and finished up after Nader moved to Washington to work with Daniel Patrick Moynihan, then an assistant to the labor secretary.
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