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...turn around the company's fortunes quickly, and he has indicated the automaker is prepared to drop Hummer if it can't finish the deal relatively soon. "If it doesn't get sold, we'll close it," says a GM official. (See the best cars from the 2009 Detroit auto show...
...Hummer brand has produced an intense backlash, including one Internet site where people have posted thousands of photographs of middle fingers directed at Hummer vehicles and their drivers. "I think GM's board should kill Hummer," says Dan Becker, director of the Safe Climate Campaign at the Center for Auto Safety and a Hummer critic...
...actually the Bon Iver song “Woods”—off January’s “Blood Bank” EP—accompanied by numerous synthesizers, guitars, and loops. The original is comprised solely of Vernon singing one melodic line, laced with Auto-Tune, repeated over and over, each time with an added harmony layered on top. While this works nicely, the beefier version on “Unmap” is a hypnotic masterpiece that retains the eeriness of Vernon’s melody while adding a powerful and expressive eclecticism, courtesy...
...that everyone knew what it would cost. Nor has she said she will support the bill's individual mandate, which would require people who are not covered by their employers or by government programs to buy coverage for themselves, just as car owners in nearly every state must have auto insurance. Without such a requirement, the bill is likely to fall significantly short of ensuring universal coverage. But Snowe worries that Americans who are slightly too affluent to qualify for federal assistance will find themselves burdened with health-insurance bills they cannot afford - especially when the economy feels so fragile...
...Detroit's past, you can find an idea for its future - and the nation's. Back in the '50s, the Federal Government began investing what would eventually reach half a trillion dollars in what became the interstate highway system. You could have considered that an incredible subsidy for the auto industry - which it was - but it was also an investment in the nation's future...