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...into college, or out of the ghetto, and recruitment painted a grand canvas of career opportunities. Killing, getting killed - this was not part of the pitch. Basic training drilled the killing game into young brains. Teach them to treat the enemy as you would a sniper in Grand Theft Auto. Instill the reflex to fire at a moving target. Foster team spirit with marching songs. Instead of the golden oldie "I don?t know but I been told...," have them sing along with...
...cool uniforms, and chicks dig 'em." That image barely survived through Sarra's basic training--brainwashing, he and other young men now call it. As for combat, he found it less like a Top Gun video game, shooting MiGs out of the sky, and more like Grand Theft Auto, bombing civilians crossing a Baghdad street...
...these are desperate times in Dearborn. Since 2001, Ford Motor has suffered more than $9 billion in losses from its North American auto operations. Companywide, Ford lost $254 million in the second quarter. Ford's market share in August, 16.8%, was the second lowest on record. Sales of pickup trucks and SUVs, Ford's only major profitable segments, have plummeted in the last year, hit by high gas prices and stiff competition from GM and Toyota. A 21% production cut is in store for the rest of the year. Any way you slice it, Ford is shrinking fast...
...made no mention of the many excellent two-year community colleges throughout the U.S. For students who have not yet made a career choice, those schools provide exposure to different subjects as well as preparation for jobs that are not easily "off-shored," such as auto repair, cosmetology and building inspection. They're one of higher education's best-kept secrets--and a bargain compared with four-year colleges. GEORGIA R. GRANT COLLEGE OF SAN MATEO San Mateo, Calif...
...state?s global warming strategy is to succeed, however, it must also fend off an auto industry lawsuit to invalidate its landmark 2002 law requiring carmakers to reduce tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gas and cut CO2 emissions for new vehicles by about 30 percent. And if that law were to be invalidated, California officials will face yet a new challenge: finding other ways to ratchet back emissions to meet the new overall limits it has just enacted...