Word: auto
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...Indeed, just down the street, pumps at gas stations were toppled. Strip malls were no more. The Paul Bunyan head from the statue outside the Lauterbach auto shop was missing. Buses, mobile homes, pontoon boats, delivery trucks - all tipped on their side, thrown like toys. "We're taking our trucks, everything we got, to do what we can to pick up trees, whatever," said Steve Ferrier, a Springfield water department employee. "I'm 34, and I've just never seen anything like this. It has just devastated the city...
...tracks here unfold at a tempered pace; the songs take their time, but the process is by no means leisurely. Instead, tension builds as the sound expands, often reaching pitches of dizzying intensity. “Auto Rock,” the album’s opener, constructs a steady crescendo around a spare piano melody, adding fuzzy distortion and a heavy, insistent beat. The result may be melodramatic, but it’s also nothing less than beautiful...
...education for each student. It remains to be seen, however, whether school communities the world over will recognize the various complexities in child behavior. Children do have different needs and learning abilities. Nils-Erik Lundborg Uppsala, Sweden Ford Focused You asked if Bill Ford can save the American auto industry [Feb. 6]. Yes, he can. Thank you, Bill Ford, for your vision and leadership of your company. They will affect the industry for generations to come. And thanks for my 2006 Mustang GT. It looks great in the garage next to the Taurus and the F-150 Ford truck. Bill...
...assume the consequences. Everyone knows exactly what's at stake." That's a sentiment that is widely shared among European business leaders, as their corporations face ferocious competition not just from established economies like the U.S. and Japan, but from emerging powers such as China and India. In the auto industry in particular - still the bellwether for a globally successful manufacturing sector in many European countries - managers have had to make tough choices that have proved politically controversial. DaimlerChrysler has said it is looking for a reduction of 14,500 jobs at Mercedes, while Volkswagen in February announced...
...editions, two- and four-door flavors of the same model. It's done for the same reason we have Cherry Coke and a gazillion spinoffs of Law & Order ? everyone wants to maximize their "brand value." And this is especially true if you're in a capital intensive business like auto manufacturing, and your products stay on the market for years before they're refreshed...