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...missed virtually every automotive trend: hybrids, crossovers, small SUVs. VW got so out of touch with U.S. consumers that in 2005 the company sent a group of employees, dubbed the Moonraker team, to the U.S. to spend a year figuring out what Americans wanted in a car. The answer: models designed specifically for this market...
...then encouraged to use common sense in responding to letters that come into the EWC website. The counselors read letters posted on the site and choose the ones they feel best equipped to handle. Once a letter has been selected, it's no longer available to other mentors to answer unless the advice seeker specifically asks for a second opinion. All letters of advice are reviewed by a committee of volunteers that makes sure that the issues are addressed and that no medical, legal or tax advice has been offered before the messages are e-mailed to the individuals...
Retired government worker Helen Blanks, 67, of Sierra Vista, Ariz., discovered the EWC website by accident but now answers about seven to 10 letters a week. When she spotted a request from a young woman in an interracial relationship who wondered if love could conquer all--even family disapproval--Blanks knew she had to answer. The product of an interracial marriage, Blanks had experienced firsthand what challenges might lie ahead. "I told her how one set of my grandparents would have nothing to do with me," she says. "I asked if she and her boyfriend were strong enough to handle...
...eagerly read the cover story to learn what scientists have discovered about what makes humans different from chimpanzees. Alas, the question was not answered. Our genomes are only 1.23% different, but humans can speak, write, sing, dance, reason, hope and love. So what's the difference? The answer is the divine spark from God, who designed us to be different...
This story explained more to my wife about who I am than did my 30 years of trying. Service members have faith in the core values of the military: duty, loyalty, honor, selflessness and courage. That faith sustains them as they answer the call to do what must be done. They also have faith that no casualties are meaningless, wasted or ignored. Perez's sacrifice and commitment did not go unnoticed by her comrades-in-arms...