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...undisputed winner in the miles-per-gallon race, claiming that under new EPA guidelines the Volt will hit 230 miles per gallon (city), the first car to ever earn triple-digit fuel efficiency. Not to be outdone, Nissan fired back a few days later to its Twitter base of fans that its just-announced all-electric Nissan Leaf would be rated at 367 m.p.g., also using EPA guidelines. (See the 50 worst cars of all time...
...assessment of the popularity of the [ruling National Congress] Party and the government, we believe we will win these elections. We will not decide winning the elections, but we think we will win them, and we think that others [political parties] are aware of our popularity and wide popular base...
...popularity: In the universities there are free and fair elections for students to choose their union leaders. It is well known that students mostly oppose governments. We win almost all elections in the universities comfortably with no strong competition. This might be a sign of how strong our popular base is. We want the Sudanese people to be our judge...
...Taiwan, the indigenous population is actually declining, and the manufacturing base is really located in China rather than Taiwan. I don't see what the attraction is going to be for Chinese industrial investments or for Chinese real estate investments in Taiwan. I just don't find Taiwan has that attraction for the Chinese that Hong Kong does...
...That's a compelling message for the base. And as centrists have fled the party, the base has become increasingly dominant within the GOP, which is why Crist is now scrambling to the right; he surprised many supporters by opposing Sonia Sotomayor's nomination to the Supreme Court and signing a developer-friendly bill to weaken growth-management laws. But it's not clear how much of the base will accept Crist's last-minute embrace. And if popular centrists like Crist can't win primaries, moderates will keep fleeing, the vicious cycle will continue, and the party will...