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...Demand for lithium-ion batteries is increasing dramatically as electric-car technology improves and prices drop. Nissan has introduced the all-electric Leaf, and this year Chevy will debut the long-anticipated gas-electric Volt. Those and future electric cars need battery packs, and at least a dozen American lithium-battery start-ups are competing with Asian companies such as Sanyo and Hitachi to provide them. "There's a tremendous amount of competition," says David Vieau, chief executive of A123 Systems, a Watertown, Mass., start-up powered by federal money that is vying for the business. (See the history...
...responsibility as students to continue to elect motivated representatives who are passionate about progressive change—who will fight for our values and our ideals in our nation’s capital. While the march toward progress is often slow and frustrating, the American government—with the active participation of its constituents—can and will create a better tomorrow...
Some may remember that Steele, the first African American party chair, was elected by members of the RNC over paler selections like South Carolina RNC Chair Katon Dawson or Michigan RNC Chair Saul Anuzis, for what some considered to be racial reasons. Many believed that the party’s logic was as follows: The pick of an African American like Steele or former Ohio Secretary of State Kenneth Blackwell, in the wake of President Obama’s historic election, could mitigate the growing perception of the Republican Party as composed of Southern white males. This alleged belief that...
...conventional American presidential-campaign wisdom...
...Obama demonstrated last month with the passage of the health care bill, he is still an amazing fourth-quarter player, who elevates his communication with the American people to world-class standards at the end of a battle, exactly when it counts most. As a snapshot at this moment, none of the potential Republican candidates have displayed anything close to his skills...