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...fellow senior Katie Murphy will serve as the veterans on the Crimson, and with Peljto gone, you can bet opponents will be keying...
...occupied territories and have come to see the government of Ariel Sharon as a threat to their way of life. Angrily dismissive of Sharon's plan to withdraw them from their homes in the Gaza Strip and West Bank, they say they will resist with force. Israel's Shin Bet domestic security service believes that several dozen young settlers consider themselves bound by religious duty to protect the land of Israel, even if it means fighting against the state. "They don't give a damn about Israel," says Rabbi Yuval Cherlow, head of a yeshiva whose students divide their time...
Perhaps the riskiest bet he's making, however, is on domestic manufacturing. New Balance is the only major U.S. sneaker brand still manufacturing in America; most others have fled to China, Indonesia and Vietnam. Roughly 25% of New Balance shoes are assembled at five factories in New England and one in California owned by a foreign supplier. Over the past two years Davis has spent $14 million to upgrade a high-tech shoe plant down the road from his Boston office, and in 2001 he expanded his distribution center in the old mill town of Lawrence, Mass. Davis figures...
While Japanese automakers are making a major bet on the burgeoning market and have a sizable lead in hybrids' complex engineering, Detroit has been slower to move away from its reliance on gas guzzlers like SUVs (though the new Ford Escape hybrid is a hot model). GM has been the most cautious about hybrids, which are costly to build and could cut into the company's thin margins on small cars. The leading U.S. car manufacturer is also still smarting from the more than $1 billion it sank into an unsuccessful electric-car project during the early 1990s. "Initially...
...bet you’re happy about that,” he said as they walked away...