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...wonders: how many sales Honda will be able to squeeze out of the 2006 Civic Si, a sporty version of the basic model, featuring a 197-hp engine, 6-speed manual transmission, rear spoiler and other attributes dear to Gen-Y tire screechers? The basic Civic, after all, is one of the few cars that appeals to two distinct types of drivers: parents and teenage boys. In its basic form, it's a mom-mobile riding an unsinkable reputation for reliability and good fuel economy. But for more than two decades it's also been a hot youth car, often...
...Hurt Me? The new one is larger and more powerful than its predecessors, features a reinforced body structure and comes equipped with an i-VTEC engine that, with a 197-hp engine, provides a 37 h.p. boost over the 2005 model. It shares the coupe body style with the basic Civic, a vast improvement over the unloved hatchback it replaces. Indeed, everything about the new Si appears more aggressive, from the wider body stance to the lower suspension, angular headlights and larger exhaust. Honda didn't skimp on the performance technology either, including a limited-slip differential, double-wishbone rear...
...advertisement in the Washington Post and the Wall Street Journal, the letter voiced concern that the rising scientific sophistication of other countries poses a challenge to the United States’ technological and economic leadership. “To remain at the forefront, America must increase investments in basic research, improve math and science education, provide incentives for research and development and attract and retain the brightest minds from all around the globe,” the letter stated. Casey said the letter is a product of the Council of Competitiveness, a long-standing organization of business and university representatives...
...paintings in “Frank Stella 1958” show the beginnings of the reductiveness that culminated in the black paintings. Most of them explore the same very basic composition: a combination of horizontal stripes with rectangular shapes. In a succession of works, Stella explores the different ways that these stripes can be made and the different ways the rectangles can interact with them...
...cares to receive it? Isn’t healthcare free and effective? The answer to all of these questions, of course, is yes. Why then, with vastly improved material, economic, and social conditions, and three generations of peace, are Europeans almost entirely unwilling to engage in procreation, the most basic of human activities...